“Richard Frooman juxtaposes the illusion of surface texture with the reality of his meticulous method of building up very thin paint layers in his portraits of “common” hillsides and mountains bathed in diffused light.”
— Robert Schultz, Director of Mesa Arts Center

“Frooman’s exceptional sensitivity to natural earth formations creates rich-colored abstract designs while concurrently rendering their more ‘real’ appearance.”
— George Palovich, Curator, Sun Cities Museum of Art

“The sweep of the beach beyond the dunes pulls you off your feet with virtuoso painting that leaves you breathless. Pigment applied with all the fiery passion of a spirited orchestra conductor captures the freshness and vigor of a brisk breeze bursting in from across the lake. This is a man of action and a master of art.”
— Don J. Anderson, Chicago, Gilman Galleries

“Richard Frooman takes up classic problems, works on them slowly and thoughtfully, and arrives at heroic solutions.

The virtuoso calligraphy of a first series of nudes is sublimated into a synergy of brushstroke and form.

The vigor of the work becomes one with the force of the pose.

A clarified interior balances him for his next task: a study of the figure in a room of equal significance.

The atmosphere is uncommonly dense. A vision is forming.”
— John Charlot, Foreword, Exhibition of paintings and drawings by Richard Frooman, Balcony Gallery, American Savings and Loan Association, Kapi’olani Branch, 1600 Kapi’olani Boulevard, Honolulu, HI, 96814
First one-man show in Hawai’i: Hawai’i Painters and Sculptors League, May, 1972