Philip Frey: Here and Now [Hardcover]

Daniel Kany, artcritic for the Portland Press Herald, writes that Freys art occupies thenexus between contemporary painting and brushy traditionalism. If there is a focusto this new direction in Maine painting, his art is it. Author of a number ofbooks on Maine art and artists, Carl Little explores art-historical influenceson Frey from the Fauvists and Matisse to Rockwell Kent and Howard Hodgkin, andtraces the history of landscape painting in Maine, revealing how Freys boldcolors and dynamic brushwork set him apart. His palette is strong and fresh,his approach painterly in a manner akin to Fairfield Porter and other devoted pleinair painters, writes Little. Beautiful reproductions of Freys portraits ofMaine provide eloquent testimony of Freys vibrant originality.