"Elise walks a fine line betwen prettiness and vulgarity with her abstractions -- a balance between solidity and organic forms, purity and chaos."
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"Elise Freda’s paintings are seductive – exquisitely so – but they’re also tough-minded and dicey."
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"I left the show hungry for more, and delighted to find one more artist who puts technique and quality over trend."
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Willows
ricepaper collage, pigment, wax medium on wood panel,
36" x 36"
2009