Douglass Freed's paintings reflect the ambiance of place as it combines with the mood of the painter. His inspiration comes from the region in Missouri where he has lived for over 30 years, and through his travels throughout the world. Freed hasn't always painted from life. He has had a long distinguished career as a minimalist color-field painter. As an art student, Freed realized his talent at drawing realistically. This gift made him feel like "a slave to the subject."

Freed moved into the spiritual driven nonobjective style of Abstract Expressionism. His work consisted of interlocking geometric patterns painted with beautiful color and light. After years of painting in this vein, Freed began to see references to landscape in these works, treetops, clouds, and water. The paintings we see today are the integration of the abstract and the representational style. He captures the mystical light found in natural atmosphere, the haze in the distance on summer days, the overcast gloom of winter skies, the softness of landscape bathed in fog, and the quieting mood of approaching darkness. Freed's work is in many museums, corporate and private collections and he has achieved honors and awards throughout his career.

Douglass Freed's intent is to create paintings imbued with a quiet meditative spiritual presence suggesting issues about time and ecology.