Yale Freedman, 1983 – 2026
Yale Freedman was a sensitive, intelligent and deeply creative soul from Dallas, Texas. A gifted artist and writer, he found expression through writing, drawing and painting, using creativity as both an outlet and a way of sharing his perspective with the world. He loved art from elementary school on. He was passionate about film, writing more than 70 reviews on his blog, Medium Rare Cinema, and appreciated beauty in its many forms, and brought imagination and depth to everything he pursued.
His work on paper comes in two modes. In paint, thick black outlines hold flat fields of red, blue, yellow and teal; figures stretch, crowd together and dissolve into maze-like walls. In pencil, the same cast returns quieter: a faceless man between two watchers, three figures in hats, a woman standing between enormous eyes. Spirals run through all of it, on chests, in skies, at the figures' feet.
The four limited-edition compositions are named for films Yale loved: Red Fiction (Pulp Fiction), Yellow Reservoir (Reservoir Dogs), Grey Driver (Taxi Driver, his favorite film of all time) and Faces and Loathing (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas).
Yale passed away in June 2026 at the age of 42. This collection is shared by his brother, Mason, so that his work can keep reaching people. A portion of the profits from every sale goes to Yule Sober Living and the Dallas 24 Hour Club, two Dallas organizations that help people recover from addiction.