Benevento

An abstract painter in the colorist tradition of Josef Albers and Ellsworth Kelly, Frecon has developed a geometric style characterized by asymmetrical forms and a palette ranging from earth red to vibrant orange and cobalt. In addition to large oils on canvas she creates small watercolors of great subtlety and nuance, some geometrical, and others linear, like this one. For drawings such as Benevento, Frecon determines in advance how many brushstrokes she will make. She is particularly drawn to the variability of the color red, which conjures a host of associations, from clay soil to the caves at Lascaux and the frescoes of Pompei. "That's where my paintings usually begin, with an idea of color, and red is a long and integral part of them."