About Mark Freytag

For more than three decades, I have expressed myself through my commercial graphic design work. I studied graphic design and fine art at the Dayton Art Institute and Wright State University.

Dayton has been my home base while designing ads, annual reports, brochures, corporate branding & websites. My commercial portfolio spans a virtual “Who’s Who” of fortune 1000 companies in the U.S.A., Mexico, Israel and Germany. My design work has appeared in design publications, including: Graphis Poster, Creativity, Best of Print, Print Regional Design Annual, and has been recognized at local and international design exhibitions.
I continue to do some commercial work, but my main focus now is fine art. I have sold my artwork to private collectors. I have sold Giclée/digital prints and original mixed media/paintings.

Painting/Mixed Media Artwork

For years I had dreamed of getting back to painting. My design career took precedence until 2010 when I decided to stop dreaming and start producing. My paintings are mixed media abstract art usually on Arches Watercolor Paper, and also canvas. The paintings also use cardboard, acrylic paint, acrylic metallic paint, fabric, glass beads, gloss and dull latex paint and gloss and dull varnishes. The artwork is inspired by diverse influences: 20th century art, modern hard-edged painting, The Bauhaus, Chinese furniture, calligraphy, Roger Sayre and John Emery (two local artist), paintings and prints. Also, Jackson Pollock paintings and José Parlá paintings. A blending of structure and disorder inside defined shapes with striking and subtle color usage. These paintings occasionally use gloss contrasting with dull paint and sometimes, metallic and iridescent paint for sheen and brilliance.

My work reflects my love of order and beauty. My work is designed, it has a purpose. At
the same time, I want the viewer to be esthetically, emotionally, and maybe even spiritually engaged. I want my Artwork to be balanced, layered, sometimes complex and always
(I hope) in harmony with what our Creator (the Master Designer) intended for us in this world to enjoy.

Digital Artwork

My fascination with abstract art and photo-realism led me to explore the world of digital scanning technology in the summer of 2009. Working with an Epson digital scanner I have developed a series of flower and plant life images with realistic and abstract image power within the same image. This process produces bold color, unique perspectives and stunning detail. Using digital technology I produce a unique border that frames the original image. These images are developed into fine art Giclée prints and printed on archival watercolor paper using archival inks. All work is constructed in a format of 11” x 14” and can be printedin numerous sizes that are in that proportion. At this time the largest print I have produced is 23” x 29”. The prints are personally inspected by me and signed prior to release to the buyer.