Tina Freeman's Studies of Artists' Spaces

Are artists more sensitive to the color in their homes than the rest of us? We hesitate to make such blanket generalizations, but these studies of artists' spaces by photographer Tina Freeman would have you think so...

One thing running through most of these spaces is a sort of softness of color. It seems to have been arrived at very naturally. Color seems to be embedded into these rooms not as a whim or a calculated accent, but as a very organic way of inhabiting a space.

See the rest of the studies at Tina Freeman. Images: Tina Freeman

Comments (6)

For a painter, neutrality of background is a lot about seeing the colors of a painting rather than the color of the wall behind it (or the reflected light from the wall). That is, IF the painter is dealing with color at all. I'm a sculptor and I have to confess, I'm a little color-impaired -- I deal more with the light-and-dark of form

The post should be qualified: these are RICH artists' spaces.

@lisa (montreal)--definitely!! although the thing that seems to cross the economic line is the neutral color. all the painters that i know who are not economically secure, also have beige & empty walls. also lots of newspapers & magazines cluttering the floors & stuck on the walls as in photo 2.

I think these artists are most sensitive about light. Or maybe that's the photographer's doing?

I thing that you have a brilliant ideas for creating a details decoration, it's a good color composition and good furniture combination, I like it..

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I am Tina Freeman, the photographer for these images- firstly it is strange to have my images here, a friend found them...
But to comment about how rich the artists are. They are not rich, in the way I think Lisa (Montreal) means. Artists live well in New Orleans and have taste. One of the houses was inherited and the artist is at least the third generation to live in this house. She teaches her art for a living. Another of the artists no longer lives in the space photographed but he is a full time artists and supports himself doing it- lets say flea markets and second hand stores are great sources of objects. The third artists has a gallery/living space which is illustrated. Perhaps we are rich in space, light and quality of life here in New Orleans. If an artist is rich (in whatever way) does that make them less of an artist?