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