Indigo Free b. Petrolia, CA
Lives and works on Orcas Island, WA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Cloudberry, Must Gallery, Orcas Island WA
2023 From Silent Place, S&S Cornershop, South Hampton NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 OPEM, S&S Cornershop, South Hamptom NY
2024 75 Artists, 110 Works, The Stable Gallery, Woodstock NY

Residencies
2017 Residency in the Garden, Portland OR
2021 Doe Bay, Orcas Island WA

          SOME THOUGHTS ON PAINTING:

     Painting is how I interpret and organize memories. I divide my time between painting and working in a therapeutic practice exploring trauma and somatic memory. This significantly informs my art practice. When I paint,  I try to hold an open, neutral, welcoming mind. Ideas float in, much like a meditation practice of accepting what comes and goes. I find that halfway through a painting I begin to understand it's context. I realize I've recreated something familiar, unknowingly.  A scene from childhood or a forgotten place. This is my way of connecting to both the transcendent and mundane. Looking back, wondering if my memories and dreams could be a shared experience.

All pieces are hand-built, stretched, and framed. I like being involved in the practical steps of creating an object as a balance and conclusion to the diaphanous dreamstate.