Virginia K. Freyermuth, Inc.

As a teacher who has worked with hundreds of students over 33 years, I am well-aware of the challenges of time, travel and personal constraints. My company is now pleased to offer Art Where You Are™, creative and artistic guidance in an interactive distance learning format. Today's technologies make it possible to access learning no matter where you live, but Art Where You Are™ is unique because it tailors instruction to YOU personally rather than a large-group online class format. It is a responsive experience of mutual exchange, and your work is accomplished according to your own schedule and at your own rate of speed.

I am seeking a limited number of participants in the continental United States (excluding Alaska) for this new interactive distance learning pilot program in visual art and/or creative writing. Please read more about it at www.virginiafreyermuth.com and click Art Distance Learning. Apply and register before December 31, 2008 to receive a special offer.

November and January art classes at Cranberry Barn Studios in Carver are currently enrolling. Gift certificates are avaialble for the holidays!

Please read about the head-and-shoulders portrait special that is offered through December 31st under About Portraiture.

I have just completed work redesigning the website and hope you find it easier to navigate through the many instructional, artistic and professional offerings. My web designer at Auxano Creative did an outstanding job and was a true pleasure to work with. The link for Auxano Creative is found at the bottom of the website.

By popular demand, I am offering a new line of portraits that are smaller in size, are available more quickly, are offered at affordable prices, and are archivally framed.

Portrait Studies are slightly smaller than life size, and are created with archival materials. They are offered in pastel and mixed media on paper, head & shoulders only, with white background and solid-color clothing in simple styles, thus keeping prices low. Pricing includes a photography session at the artist’s studio at 4 Cranberry Rd, Carver, MA. The artist will recommend selected photographs to choose from as a point of departure for the portrait.

Portrait Studies are completed in approximately 3 weeks after the photographs are taken and selected. Discounts are offered for multiple subjects in one portrait.
Prices start at $399, archival framing included.

Please visit the online gallery to see my newest portrait, "Isabeli." This pastel & mixed media portrait shows Isabeli dressed in a smocked brown velvet dress surrounded by greenery. This portrait was a beautiful collaboration between myself, Isabeli's family, and of course, little Isabeli herself who was the perfect model. It is the ideal time of year to commission a portrait within natural surroundings. Portraits commissioned before summer's end make exquisite gifts.

My portrait titled "Grampa" received  the "Award of Excellence" this weekend at the South Shore Arts Center 's signature annual event: the 2008 Arts Festival in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The pastel and mixed media portrait was exhibitied in the Members' Show. The award, sponsored by Diane & Patrick Kennedy, is an honor for which I am most grateful.

The juror's written comments at the exhibition were: "The technical execution is beyond impressive, rendered as it is with what feels like photographic 'accuracy.' What I find even as compelling is the psychology of this piece. The gaze of the man and the bird towards us, the viewers, are both telling and questioning. I very much appreciate art that asks as many questions as it answers."

My "Self-Portrait in Faux Fur" has received the "Popular Prize" of the 32nd Festival of the Arts of the North River Arts Society which was held in May 2008. My thanks to all those who offered their vote in support of my work; it means a great deal to me. There were many beautiful pieces in the exhibition and I was happy to have my work included among them. The show was beautifully and expertly hung with great care.