This oil on circular canvas was produced with tape and employs hard edges.
The controlled lines are made from the sweep of Freeman's arm and relate to her own body proportions.
She sets down a line and again builds upon it. Color choices now influence her next move. The lines in this circular painting follow the edges of the canvas, de-emphasizing the central focal point.
Joanne Freeman is an American abstract painter who creates minimalist reductive paintings and works on paper, featuring hard edged abstract forms and bold, vivid, gestural markings.
She lives and works in New York City.