Artist

Lorna Freytag

Colour & Contradiction

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Place without Possession

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About Lorna

A woman with short brown hair sitting on a wooden stool in front of a white wall with fabric art pieces hanging on it.

Lorna Freytag is a Scottish mixed media artist based in Oban on the north-west coast of Scotland.

Working with pressed flowers, paint and natural materials, she creates structured, modular works that explore colour, preservation and our relationship with the natural world.

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Pressed flowers on canvas panels, over-sprayed with acrylic paint. Made up of 2 modular panels.⁠ ⁠ 62 × 41 cm⁠ ⁠ (Part of the beauty of this piece is that the colours of the unsprayed section of flowers will change and fade further over time.)⁠
‘Drift’ 25x75cm Pressed flowers on canvas oversprayed with acrylic paint (dark navy, blue and white). #contemporaryart #conceptualart #pressedflowers #colourstudies #naturalvssynthetic
'Descent'⁠ ⁠ 25 x 75cm⁠ Pressed flowers on canvas over-sprayed with acrylic paint.⁠ Made of three panels
One of the pieces from my series ‘Place Without Ppssession’ reimagining traditional flags (both national and nautical) using delicate, hand-pressed flowers. I love that contrast. Using something natural and fragile to recreate symbols th
'Yellow and White'⁠ ⁠ Pressed flowers on canvas over-sprayed with acrylic paint.⁠ 25cm x 50cm⁠ (made up of two square panels)⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #contemporaryart⁠ #conceptualart⁠ #botanicalart⁠ #pressedflowers⁠ #colourstudies⁠ #materialpractice⁠ #artprocess⁠ #inst
Perfect light in Lisbon. “Colour Field - Red” 50cm x 50cm Pressed flowers on canvas oversprayed with acrylic paint. (made up of four panels) #contemporaryart #conceptualart #pressedflowers #colourstudies #naturalvssynthetic processbas