J. G. Freedman

 Like music and poetry, painting has the advantage of being able to refer directly to the senses – bypassing the intellect. I would like my paintings to trigger that emotional link in you .I hope you are amused or angered or befuddled or disgusted or confused or calmed or delighted or saddened or something, anything so long as you interact with what I have placed on the canvas. This is the moment I paint for – the moment when the image you see in a painting of mine evokes a memory, a dream – and we connect. That is the magic of art. 
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What Now
18 in x 14 in
oil on canvas


Selected for the American Society of Marine Artists sponsored 18th Annual Exhibition in Coos Bay, Oregon in 2011 " data-artprice="" > Artist Work
Heaving the Line
30 in x 24 in
acrylic on canvas

A proper heaving line has a "monkey's fist" (a waited rope globe) spliced to its end. The line is coiled and divided into two sections. The section with the monkey's fist is heaved as you would throw a discuss and the second section feeds from your other hand, "Heaved" in this manner the line (there are no ropes on ships) will carry a great distance. You can always spot a green deckhand when he picks up the monkey's fist with a line attached and tries to throw it like a baseball . . . to dismal results.



Selected for the American Society of Marine Artists sponsored 18th Annual Exhibition in Coos Bay, Oregon in 2011

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First Day of School
20 in x 30 in
acrylic on canvas

A young scholar waits for the school bus near......

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Water Works
30 in x 20 in
oil on canvas

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On the Ways in Richmond
36 in x 24 in
acrylic on canvas

Many boats are too large to be lifted from the water with cranes. Some of these boats are lifted by marine ways which consist
of a platform that rolls on railway tracks. The boat drives onto the platform, is secured and then hauled ashore
by a winch. The men in this painting are working on the propeller of a seiner named the Marilyn Jean (my wife's name).

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Horse Apple Tree
30 in x 20 in
oil on canvas

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Horse Apple Tree (detail)
30 in x 20 in
oil on canvas

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Near Richmond
30 in x 20 in
acrylic on canvas

A new Boeing 737 ( in WestJet livery) flies over an old railway
bridge that spans the Fraser River near Vancouver Int. Airport (in Richmond).