Although I have worked with a variety of media and subject matter, for many years I have focused primarily on landscape in pastel on paper. Originally from Wisconsin, I am most interested in dairy farms. I also draw the human figure. I have a studio in Clinton, MA.

My art is a response to the gritty aspects of agriculture that I find beautiful and make a family farm what it is. My admiration for farmers is also a major factor in how I perceive the land they nurture and transform to provide food for the rest of us.

I prefer to work outside in field and pasture, where I can view my subject directly. I love the way cows appear in the landscape, and they are fun to be around. I have also become a family dairy-farm advocate in Massachusetts, and if I am any help at all to farmers, it’s because of the knowledge and generosity they have bestowed upon me. I feel fortunate to be a part of this reciprocal relationship.

I am the daughter of professional artists Joseph Friebert and Betsy Ritz Friebert, both deceased. I received my master’s and my bachelor’s in fine arts at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I studied in Southern France at the Beaux-Arts and later at the Museum School in Boston. I taught art in Boston Public Schools for many years and at the Museum of Fine Arts. For the last nine years I have been living in Central Massachusetts where I work as a children’s librarian. Throughout the years I have exhibited in a number of solo and group shows.

Permanent Collections:

1. •University of Wisconsin Union, Madison, WI
   

2. •Milwaukee Art Museum
   

3. •Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI, private collections
   

Current Gallery Representation:

1. •Collins Artworks, Clinton, MA
   

Copyright © 2009 Judith M. Friebert