FRED STONEHOUSE
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The imagery in “Natural Family” uses humans, animals and human/animal hybrids to represent the duality of embracing the domestic norms of family while nurturing the natural, even primal impulse to create. I think that many of these new paintings and works on paper exist as reflections on the nuances of how we understand ourselves as part of a family, whatever that might mean, and the urge to both cherish it and escape its chains. Families have the capacity to foster moments of great joy as well as lingering sorrow, pain and regret. It is this complex and sometimes confusing nature of family that I’m fascinated by and attempting to explore in this body of work and while I don’t claim to necessarily provide any answers to the conundrum it represents, I hope that this work can help to show that beauty and meaning can be found there.”
PRESS RELEASE 2018 | PRESS | ARTIST STATEMENT & CV
Fred Stonehouse,
Swimmers, 2018, Acrylic on wood, 24x36 in., $6,500
Fred Stonehouse,
Sicilian, 2018,
Acrylic on wood,
20x16 in.,
$4,500
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Fred Stonehouse,
Empty, 2017,
Acrylic on wood,
10x8 in.,
$3,200
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Fred Stonehouse,
Baby, 2018,
Acrylic on wood,
11x9 in.,
$3,400
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Fred Stonehouse,
Waiting, 2018,
Acrylic on wood,
20x16 in.,
$4,500
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Fred Stonehouse,
Already Gone, 2017,
Acrylic on wood,
20x16 in.,
$4,500
Fred Stonehouse,
Language of Family, 2018,
Acrylic on wood,
24x36 in.,
$6,500
Fred Stonehouse,
Last Minute Practice, 2017,
Acrylic on handmade paper,
12x9 in.,
$1,200
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Fred Stonehouse,
Empty/Full, 2017,
Acrylic on handmade paper,
12x9 in.,
$1,200
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