2019-12-01 The Artist\'s Magazine

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FollowingtheMagic

oftheLight
Justasintriguingasthestoriesthat
thesepicturesengenderistheir
sheerdelightinthevisualworld,the
subtletyandmagicofthelightthat
theartistcreates.Whilethescenes

TOLEARNMOREABOUTTHEARTIST,

WHO’S REPRESENTED BY FORUM

GALLERY, IN NEW YORK CITY,

VISIT LINDENFREDERICK.COM.

ABOVE
Haunted
oil on linen, 34x34

OPPOSITE
Tenant
oil on linen, 55x55

in the paintings feel real, they’re pre-

sented in a way that no camera can

see. Photography doesn’t allow a pic-

ture that so nicely balances artificial

light sources with low levels of ambi-

ent light; only a painter could organize

and tailor them to work so well

together. “Just like any of the arts, I’m

trying, in a good way, to manipulate

the viewer into feeling, thinking and

seeing something,” Frederick says.

“That’s what you as the viewer are

reacting to. With music, it’s the same

kind of thing. My language includes

cultural references, time of day, day-

light, inside light, streetlights and so

on. All those things trigger something

in the viewer.”

Far beyond Frederick’s evident

technical prowess, it’s this ability to

connectwithandmovetheviewer

thatgiveshisworkitsextraordinary

lifeandconviction.

John A. Parks (johnaparks.com) is

a painter, a writer and a member of

the faculty of the School of Visual Arts

in New York.