Natasha Freeman (Natalya Ponomareva)

Painter: Oil, acrylics, texture pastes, embroidery/threads: impressionist technique.

Natasha Freeman is a Russian-born contemporary artist whose work reinterprets impressionism through a modern, symbolic lens. Drawing on color, texture, and gesture, her paintings explore themes of freedom, responsibility, and inner agency, inviting viewers to reflect on both personal and collective experience.

Trained in interior design and fine art in St. Petersburg, Freeman’s formation includes study at the St. Petersburg School of Design and Art and coursework at the Repin Art Institute. Her academic background informs a practice that balances structure with expressive freedom, combining impressionist techniques with contemporary conceptual concerns. She is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, American Women Artists, and the Association of Oil Painters of USA.

Freeman’s paintings are characterized by rich surfaces and dimensionality, often built with palette knives to create volume and physical presence. While her work is visually vibrant, symbolism plays a central role. Through recurring forms and color relationships, she addresses questions of choice, constraint, and the obstacles—both internal and external—that shape human freedom.

At the core of Freeman’s practice is a belief in beauty as an active, conscious force. For her, beauty is not decorative or passive, but a means of restoring meaning and emotional resonance in a complex world. As she has expressed, the act of creating beauty is inseparable from the act of choosing freedom.

Freeman has exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions and art fairs across Europe, Central Asia, and the United States. Her work is held in private collections worldwide. She is currently represented by several international platforms and galleries, reflecting the global reach and resonance of her practice.

 “To be able to see the beauty around you is a conscious choice of every person, and to be able to create this beauty is my conscious choice as an artist."

Odyssey 1, 2025

Acrylic and Thread on Canvas
31.4” × 39.3” × 2”
$7,000

Flight, 2025

Acrylic on Canvas
39.3” × 55.1” × 2”
$7,000

Seagull Jonathan 2, 2024

Oil on Canvas
13.6” × 15.7’ × 2”
$3,000

Pacific Ocean, 2024

Oil on Canvas
23.7” × 23.7” × 0.8”
$3,000

Pacific Ocean 2, 2024

Oil on Canvas
23.6” × 15.7” × 0.8”
$1,500

Spread Your Wings, Diptych, 2024

Oil on Canvas
31.4” × 23.6” × 1.6” EACH
$7,000

The Birth of Beauty 1, 2023

Oil on Canvas
31.5" × 31.5" × 0.8"
$3,500

Artwork Available for Purchase

Odyssey 2, 2025

Acrylic and Thread on Canvas
31.4” × 39.3” × 2”
$7,000

Flight 1, 2025

Acrylic on Canvas
7” × 7” × 2”
$300

Odyssey 3, 2025

Acrylic and Thread on Canvas
39.3” × 31.4” × 2”
$7,000

Flight 5, 2025

Acrylic on Canvas
10” × 16” × 2”
$500

Seagull Jonathan 3, 2024

Oil on Canvas
15.7” × 13.6” × .08”
$3,000

Atlantic Ocean, 2024

Oil on Canvas
23.7” × 23.7” × .08”
$3,000

Atlantic Ocean 2, 2024

Oil on Canvas
23.6” x 15.7” × 0.8”
$1,500

Arctic Ocean 2, 2024

Oil on Canvas
23.6” x 15.7” x 0.8”
$1,500

Lightness of Existence, 2023

Acrylic, Oil and Texture Paste on Canvas
27.5” × 35.4” ×1.6”
$3,500

The Birth of Beauty 2, 2023

Oil on Canvas
31.5" × 31.5" × 0.8"
$3,500

Flight 4, 2025

Acrylic on Canvas
7” × 12” × 2”
$400

Seagull Jonathan 1, 2024

Oil on Canvas
13.6” × 15.7’ × 2”
$1,500

Arctic Ocean, 2024

Oil on Canvas
23.7” × 23.7” × 0.8”
$3,000

Indian Ocean, 2024

Oil on Canvas
23.7” × 23.7”× 0.8”
$3,000

Indian Ocean 2, 2024

Oil on Canvas
23.6” × 15.7” × 0.8”
$1,500

Play Your Game 2, 2024

Acrylic Paste on Canvas
23.7”× 23.7” × 0.8”
$1,500

The Ocean Series, 2024

"All water is one.”