Kirby Fredendall

There is stillness as a front appears at the northern end of the lake - a calm. Clouds gather. The light becomes brilliant then dark. The wind curls itself into a directed force. Rain comes. The visual drama of the lake is never the same. It is the place where I am the most connected to myself and where I am finding the creative force for these images.

Multiple conditions of light created by the time of day and the weather create textures in the water, patterns in the clouds, and juxtapositions of color that vibrate with one another to form the visual experience of the lake. The morning light is slowly teased up over the horizon, gently lighting the clouds, while the evening sunset feels like a race through the fire into the darkening sky.

These dynamic combinations of light, shape, pattern. and color inspire the images that I paint. I enjoy the manipulation of paint and how that process in itself contributes to the life and form of the final image. Dramatic, gestural lines describe the play of light and wind across the water, while softer marks add life to the slow movement of rain laden clouds across the sky. Areas of sky, water, and land are knit together to represent their seamless interaction under the common cond...

Duke University, BA, 1988
Arcadia University, Med, 1992

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2016 Balance of Light, Bazemore Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Kirby Fredendall: New Work, Reinboth Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
2011 Add Sugar & Stir: Cookbooks in the Lives of American Women, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
2010 Kirby Fredendall: New Work, Reinboth Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
2009 Kirby Fredendall: Paintings, Reinboth Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
2007 Add Sugar and Stir: Cookbooks in the Lives of American Women, Peggy Lewis Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
2002 Kirby Fredendall: Paintings, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ
Conversations, Soul Works, Furlong, PA
2001 Kirby Fredendall: Paintings, Emerald City Fine Art, Seattle, WA
1998 Kirby Fredendall: Paintings, Multiple Choice Gallery, Montgomery County
Community College, Blue Bell, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018 Pictures at an Exhibition, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
Viewpoints 2018, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Professional Member’s Show, Main Line Art Center, Media, PA
2017 Group Show, Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
Member’s Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Media, PA
National Juried Show, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
Water Ways: A Greater Philadelphia Region Artist Installation, Freemans, Wayn...