2025
Artist Comments
Once upon a time, this was the only way to communicate over long distances if you weren’t at home. Next to it sits a phone book, the Yellow Pages, inviting users to “let your fingers do the walking.†These objects are relics from a bygone era. This piece is on a 1/8" birch panel, with hanging wire strung between 3/4" wood blocks on the back. It's ready to hang or display on a small easel.
About the Artist
Artist Mitchell Freifeld depicts architecture that evokes memory and nostalgia. Using a modernist approach, he highlights details that often fade into the background of familiarity. With his camera, he meticulously documents the world around him, using his shots as a reference for his art. "My works are the product of a process that is more intuitive than intellectual and a passion for simple, modern architecture and light," says Mitchell. After winning his first juried show at 10, Mitchell's lifelong dream of becoming a full-time artist took root. A pivotal moment in 2001 prompted him to seize the chance and devote himself to art-making. Now, he dedicates most of his time to a compact studio within his garage in Portland, Oregon. Mitchell's life revolves entirely around his creative pursuits, taking pictures, and working seven days a week with paints and brushes.
Words that describe this painting: telephone, phone, still life, modern , oil painting, blue
Pay Phone
Mitchell Freifeld
Oil painting on wood
Finished edges
Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2025
10 in. h x 6.5 in. w x 1 in. d
0 lbs. 4 oz.
Can a Phone Call Change Your Life?, Oil Painting
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Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
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Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
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Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
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Oil
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Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
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Oil
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By Warren Keating
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I hope my work inspires you to rediscover the wonder and joy in the everyday. This contemporary figurative painting was inspired by the view from my hotel balcony of the pedestrians walking below me. Using my signature Pixel Impressionist brush strokes, I created the motion of the walking figure and my passion for the subject.
About the Artist
Warren Keating's paintings start with documentation. He captures subjects on video from birds-eye views, digitizes the film on his computer and, finally, paints them on canvas in an active style he describes as Pixel Impressionism. He merges artistic elements of the 20th Century with 21st Century technology. Warren credits Futurism as well as Richard Diebenkorn and Willem de Kooning as influences in his paintings. Fun fact: Warren’s inspiration for this series came from a vacation to Paris where he photographed passersby from his hotel balcony in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Words that describe this painting: aerial view, contemporary, figurative art, Impressionistic figure, people in motion, mobile phone, cowboy boots, walking, people, man, urban portrait, Paris, Gerhard Richter, impressionism, people, fashion, representational, oil painting, grey, blue, yellow
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Artist Comments
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