CatherineFreshley_Landscapepainting

Acrylic paintings that honor your memories and capture your imagination

Currently living and painting in Wichita, Kansas

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I sell a lot of 24"x48" paintings for over people's fireplaces, and that's a great fit. But if you want to go big...40"x60" works too. This one heads to Little Rock next week.
Coming along. Working on 12 (or maybe 9) aerial paintings that I'm planning to finish by mid-Nov. Looking for the perfect place to show them off in Wichita for a few days...maybe a vacant store front in an area with foot traffic...need to be able to put nails in the walls...let me know if you have any ideas. This one is 36"x36."
In progress. 36"x36"
Do you know what a "drop zone" is? It's that place where you drop your keys, mail, phone, etc., when you walk in the house. I learned this and other tips when @midwesteclectic and I got together and she showed me three ways to style an entry with art and vintage furniture. Click the link in my bio to read the post and learn all her tricks.
Christmas Eve, 2014. My husband and I were eating breakfast in Tulsa, waiting for a flight home to Portland. I was restless with "profound" thoughts. "I really want to make my art more of thing," I finally said. Profound, right? My husband -- decisive, action-oriented, straightforward -- said, "I'm tired of hearing you say that. Why don't you do something about it?" He was right and that was all the motivation I needed. I started 2015 by waking up an hour earlier every weekday to paint or work on my business before I went to my full-time job. Working in fast-paced advertising, I never really knew when I would be done for the day, but I could control the morning. By June, I decided I wanted to quit my job and started to formulate a plan to do so early the following year. There has been nothing easy or fast about this journey. It's not for everyone, but if you think you want to make a living as an artist, I would love to share more. My three Artists Resource guides are coming soon. Click the link in my profile to stay in the loop and let me know if you have questions. 📷: @roamingroller
Sold! This one was pretty purchased as a housewarming gift - how cool! And, want to know what I'm working on next? A new collection of aerial paintings.
Two little inches of a 3'x4' painting.
Saturday morning in my studio. It's getting to be space heater season and the light in here has changed. Between prep for the Plaza Art Fair, a ten-day trip, writing my Artist Resource Guides and a lot of life mixed in, it's been weeks since I've painted. Today I came in here with my coffee before 8 and just sat in the sunny room and enjoyed the quiet (while trying to sort through all the ideas jockeying for space in my brain). Excited to get back into it.

I'm proud to have worked with these corporate clients, among others.

Wonderful words from wonderful clients

"It's been a privilege to get to know Catherine & her work over the past year. She nails every detail every time."

"My wife and I have purchased several of her pieces and 2 commissions. All of her work is fantastic and even more vibrant in person. She is extremely responsive, candid, and professional. She and her husband are also very sweet people and a pleasure to be around. The whole package!"

"I can't thank you enough for the painting. I love it so very much -- it makes me feel happy and hopeful every time I look at it."

"The paintings are stunning. We can't stop looking at them. They look different in different lighting, sometimes almost like windows."

"My husband and I grew up coming and going the Enid area and we miss those views that you see and paint. We feel fortunate to have come across you with all your talent for capturing our love of Western Oklahoma."

From vast, clear skies to dramatic cloud formations, Catherine Freshley’s paintings transport the viewer to a place that is familiar and comfortable – even ordinary. Her work attempts to capture and showcase the transcendent beauty in our everyday scenes: back roads and fields and the expansive skies above them. Her work is representative but she omits intricate detail, allowing viewers to layer their own memory and meaning onto her paintings.