Having never lost my love of finger painting, I rub, scratch and scribe into layers of acrylic paint on paper. Within my work are hidden images, hints that we know both more and less than we think we do.
Reflecting sailboat and houses, acrylic

"Landing" by Brenda Free
2023, 9"x14", acrylic on paper

Hand beyond the reeds

"Swim" by Brenda Free
2022 8"x20", acrylic on paper

Abstract image on a field of hieroglyphics

"Adrift" by Brenda Free
2022, 28"x21", acrylic on paper

Blue and yellow reflections

"Flight" by Brenda Free
2022, 11"x20", acrylic on paper

Sea cave reflection with bridge

"Cave" by Brenda Free
2023, 8"x12", acrylic on paper

Abstract flying carpet ride

"Buoyant" by Brenda Free
2022, 8"x20", acrylic on paper

underwater flow abstract on paper

"Current" by Brenda Free
2022, 9"x14", acrylic on paper

Brenda Free, abstract painting

"Slipway" by Brenda Free
2022, 10"x15", acrylic on paper

tree reflection in glassy water

"Reservoir" by Brenda Free
2023, 13"x8", acrylic on paper

trees on water edge abstract art

"Wade" by Brenda Free
2022, 13"x7", acrylic on paper

Looking up through kelp, Brenda Free

"Kelp" by Brenda Free
2022, 20"x8", acrylic on paper

abstract acrylic on paper

"Estuary" by Brenda Free
2022, 11"x18", acrylic on paper

pier piling abstract art

"Submerged" by Brenda Free
2020, 14"x9", acrylic on paper

Shadow and iconography over fields

"Overcast" by Brenda Free
2020, 18"x11", acrylic on paper

Layers of green canopy

"Shade" by Brenda Free
2020, 7"x13", acrylic on paper

abstract painting on paper by Brenda Free

"Exhale" by Brenda Free
2019, 18"x11", acrylic on paper

figure sitting over water with fish in foreground

"Dangle" by Brenda Free
2022, 13"x7", acrylic on paper