Biography

Richard is a self taught artist.  Even though he has never studied art in an academic setting, the  private training and workshops he has taken have allowed him the freedom and independence to develop his own unique style of art.

First emerging as a serious artist in early 2001, creating Assemblage art he termed “Computer Parts Art”, Richard received numerous awards in Sothern California art competitions.  In 2007, Richard transitioned into a broader area of this medium, making use of the full spectrum of found objects and now has his own distinctive approach to Assemblage art, and continues to receive awards for his new art in local art competitions.

Richard believes making art from found objects allows his imagination to expand and flourish.
He enjoys bringing otherwise unrelated objects together, using paint to transform them and give them new life as a now singular entity and unique work of art.  He thoroughly enjoys the process of making art, which r anges from emotional and moving to whims ical and fun.  His objective is to give his art the ability to evoke emotion from the viewer.

Artist Statement:

As an artist, if find that my imagination is challenged the most when creating art from Found Objects.   When these unrelated items are assembled together and joined by various substances, methods, constructs and Acrylic paint, they take on a new existence as art.

After becoming obsolete, worn out, broken or outliving their intended usefulness, I give these objects a fresh purpose and meaning, by combining them together, forming a different entity, translating them into something totally new, with a now singular identity, united in a new-found life and feeling.

Being an artist has always been a part of my life, including creative model building, drawing and painting in my youth, to an award winning Fine Woodworker for most of my adult life.  My ‘working career’ of over 30 years as a Computer Systems Analyst / Programmer utilized my artist self to invent new software systems (creating something out of nothing that had not existed in the world before).  Now retired from the obligatory ‘Career’, I am free to spend my time being that which I cannot otherwise refrain from being.  An Artist.  Art is not what I do.  Being an artist is who I am.

My primary goal is to enjoy my life as an artist.  Some of my art will be whimsical and fun and some deeply emotional and moving.  My objective is to give some form of ‘soul' to my art, which will evoke  emotion on the part of the viewer.

Richard H Freund