Frieda Howling 'In Memorium"
🖼️ About the Artist
Frieda Howling's work is profoundly inspired by nature, especially the powerful forces within it. She views the environment as forms that occupy space, and her abstract shapes are deeply rooted in the natural forms of landscapes. Howling believes that an artist has the unique ability to translate nature's forms into moods that affect the inner and spiritual emotions of the viewer.
Howling employs two main approaches to engage viewers with her paintings. She often uses very large canvases and bold colors to envelop and surround the viewer, creating an immersive experience. These abstract landscapes are not well-defined and often do not use realistic colors, prompting viewers to spend more time interpreting the images and evoking emotions or thoughts that transcend the image itself. Recently, she has been incorporating thin, intense lines to guide the viewer's eye across the painting, as well as inserting tiny faces or recognizable objects into amorphous images to provoke thought and feeling.
In addition to her paintings, Howling has explored black and white lino prints, particularly fascinated by the mystique of trees. She finds the process involving linoleum blocks, black ink, and virgin paper to be uplifting, with the shapes of trees providing a fertile source for her imagination, resulting in powerful and dramatic images.
Howling holds a B.A. from Douglass College, Rutgers University, and an M.S. in Interior Design from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has had numerous solo shows, including in Munich and Berlin, Germany, and her works are part of many private collections in the U.S. and abroad, such as in Uruguay, the Philippines, and Lebanon.
Her artwork is also displayed in various corporate settings, including General Electric world headquarters in Fairfield, Connecticut, Johnson & Johnson world headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and the Law Office of R. Juergen Killius in Munich, Germany. Public collections featuring her work include the Art Lending Library in Fairfield, Connecticut, the Wayne Public Library in Wayne, New Jersey, and the City Hall of Grafelfing, Munich, Germany. Howling is a member of the Arts Council of Milford and Greater New Haven, Connecticut, and she creates her artworks in her home studio in Connecticut.
Frieda Howling lived and taught in Lebanon for eleven years and authored the book "ART IN LEBANON: The Development of Contemplative Art in Lebanon, 1930-1976," published by Lebanon-American University Press (LAU).