{"id":7795,"date":"2021-03-03T19:24:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T00:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=7795"},"modified":"2021-03-03T19:26:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T00:26:12","slug":"episode-271-folk-art-by-frank-freeman-moms-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=7795","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 271     FOLK ART by FRANK FREEMAN  (MOM&#8217;S BROTHER)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">EPISODE 271 &nbsp; &nbsp; FOLK ART by my Uncle Frank Freeman<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">alan skeoch<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Mach &nbsp;2021<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">There is a deep desire in many probably most human beings to create something&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">with their own hands and minds. &nbsp; Some human beings follow the fine art tradition<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">that involves &nbsp;training\u2026creating artistic objects in a sophisticated manner.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Folk artists on the other hand do &nbsp;not worry about fine art, sophisticated art.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Folk artists do not worry about fine lines. &nbsp; Often folk artists use items of &nbsp;everyday<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">life and do not particularly care about accuracy &nbsp;of line and shape. &nbsp;Nor do they<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">worry about critical comments. &nbsp;Utilitarian art in this instance\u2026to be handled.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">My Uncle Frank Freeman created two early example of folk art that intrigued<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">me. &nbsp; He seems to have made both piece in March &nbsp;1942. &nbsp; And &nbsp;they are objects &nbsp;made<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">as &nbsp;toys for his six or seven year old &nbsp;son Ted. &nbsp; The objects &nbsp;are not made<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">to be submitted &nbsp;for comment by a jury of accomplished lovers of fine art.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">They are made to be used. &nbsp;They are made from scrap materials found here and there on&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">the farm. &nbsp; They are imaginative. &nbsp;Unique. &nbsp;Tangible. &nbsp;Unsophisticated. &nbsp;Joyful.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"EFA2AC10-4492-4CD6-B10C-1B4F88CABF32\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1198.jpeg\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Uncle Frank loved to talk to people. &nbsp; He was tall but not silent. &nbsp;Warm hearted. &nbsp;Certainly not wealthy in the monetary sense<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">but rich in other things particularly the natural world &nbsp;around him. &nbsp;He always had time for other people. &nbsp;He loved &nbsp;his very difficult farm<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">composed &nbsp;of glacial till \u2026rocks, boulders, sand and soil&#8230;piled up forming fields that slanted in such a way that little pockets retained pools of water<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">that some call &nbsp;swamps. &nbsp;And all these pools drained into a big swamp in the centre of the farm. &nbsp;The farm owned by Lucinda<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">and Frank Freeman would be 100 acres of headaches to most farmers. &nbsp;To Frank, his farm was a wonder of creation.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">How do I describe him best? &nbsp; I can do that with a short comment he made to me decades ago.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\u201cAlan, I love farming with horses rather than tractors. &nbsp;Do you want to know why?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\u201cA tractor never stops working. &nbsp;Now horses, on the other hand, must take a rest part way<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">through a job. &nbsp;And when the team rest I get to rest and consider the world around me.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Another anecdote: &nbsp; &nbsp; One year Uncle Frank thought he was about to die from cancer. &nbsp;He was not&#8230;but<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">he did &nbsp;not &nbsp;know that. &nbsp;\u201cAlan, I took my last walk around the farm today. &nbsp;Every trail, field, swamp and forest.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Just to say good bye.\u201d &nbsp;(These are my words but they accurately cover what he said to me.) &nbsp;He lived for many<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">more years. &nbsp;I expect he took that walk again.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"0075E1AF-25AB-4DC8-B6C6-3FE2CDF365DF\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1199.jpeg\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"D9769496-9F20-4320-8C1E-B4EB652309CE\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1201.jpeg\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"4BDC8B5F-26AD-4276-9116-69F14EEBDEC8\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1193.jpeg\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"A7CC9672-8985-43F3-954B-958E00B7CB44\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1200-2.jpg\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"641EE2CE-CC97-47E3-8634-1419AE838642\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1200.jpg\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Made with these hands\u2026for a reason. &nbsp;Made from things cast aside. &nbsp; Made to be touched and handled. &nbsp; Made to be useful, to entertain, to be;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"26F56C60-043A-4830-9876-EDDFBD310B27\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1202.jpeg\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">alan skeoch<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">FEb. 2021<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">(Fifth Line, Erin Township, Wellington County)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPISODE 271 &nbsp; &nbsp; FOLK ART by my Uncle Frank Freeman alan skeoch Mach &nbsp;2021 There is a deep desire in many probably most human beings to create something&nbsp; with their own hands and minds. &nbsp; Some human beings follow the fine art tradition that involves &nbsp;training\u2026creating artistic objects in a sophisticated manner. 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