Rik Freeman's art examines America's segregated beaches

Rik Freeman's art examines America's segregated beaches

“Ocean City Beach” by Rik Freeman “Pretty much all my paintings tell a story,” said Rik Freeman.        “When I was growing up, my grandmother used to say I would eavesdrop on grown folks’ conversations because they were just always so colorful and talking. I would see images in my head of what they were talking about and everything said,” the Washington, D.C., artist told Coastal Review. For the last few years, Freeman’s art has been telling th…