Artist Information:
Eberhard Froehlich
Baltimore, MD
United States
Member Since: Jun 2009
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Artist Statement:
When I was a graduate student, one of my housemates worked at a bar. He returned home very late one night and saw my light on, and came to visit. I was painting. He came in and began to laugh. I asked what was so funny, and he said, “Being an artist! It’s nighttime. You just make art. It’s weird. I guess artists have nothing better to do.”
I have always remembered his words. In fact, “nothing better to do” became a kind of mantra for me. Whenever I paint, I am pleased that I have nothing better to do. I find that painting more than any other activity connects the moment I am living to both the past and the future. The images that appear in my work vary, but my interest in the world as it is, and as it feels, has never wavered. Using the moment to paint is participating in the world. To me, the world includes the past, and I am interested in all aspects of history. But even more important, I want to tell the future what we are doing here at this time, in this place, in all the ways that...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Eberhard Froehlich
Selected Exhibitions
“Pfrondorfer Serie,” Rathausgalerie Pfrondorf, May 2009
“Innen – Aussen,” Buergergalerie Neumuenster, February 2009
“Special Projects: Baltimore/Berlin,” Anne Arundel Community College, Maryland, November 2008 (faculty group show)
“Preliminaries and Process,” AACC faculty show, October 2008
“Eb Froehlich: Paintings of the American West,” Sandarac Gallery, Baltimore, May 2008
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Eberhard Froehlich's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Eberhard Froehlich's Portfolio. Browse Froehlich's body of work:
When I was a graduate student, one of my housemates worked at a bar. He returned home very late one night and saw my light on, and came to visit. I was painting. He came in and began to laugh. I asked what was so funny, and he said, “Being an artist! It’s nighttime. You just make art. It’s weird. I guess artists have nothing better to do.”
I have always remembered his words. In fact, “nothing better to do” became a kind of mantra for me. Whenever I paint, I am pleased that I have nothing better... | |
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Three Cowboys, 2006 Oil Painting, 72 x 56 X 1.6 inches Price: US$ 3000

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Rustlers, 2008 Oil Painting, 26 x 20 X 0.2 inches Price: US$ 2000

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Cowboy in Italy, 2006 Oil Painting, 30 x 22 X 0.8 inches Price: US$ 2000

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Little Village, 2008 Oil Painting, 16 x 16 X 0.8 inches Price: US$ 1400

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Jersey Shore, 2006 Oil Painting, 16 x 11 X 0.4 inches Price: US$ 1400

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Go for the Gold, 2005 Oil Painting, 49 x 42 X 1.6 inches Price: US$ 3000

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