Charlotte Bernstrom

Saturated Mid-Summer Breeze

2021

Rothko-esque color field painting that delights from a distance and up close from Swedish-American visual artist Charlotte Bernstrom, who creates acrylic paintings that are poetic ex...

Rothko-esque Color Field painting that delights from a distance and up close from Swedish-American visual artist Charlotte Bernstrom, who creates acrylic paintings that are poetic explorations depicting nature and humanity’s place within it. Taking queues from Abstract Expressionism and Impressionism, through juxtaposing nature-inspired fields of color over earth-like stained and textured canvas, the autobiographical works are rooted in landscape and lean toward abstraction. Bernstrom’s paintings, with their complex, earth-like surfaces, evoke an emotional response that directs viewers toward a consciousness of their place in the natural world, and perhaps also encourage better care of the Earth. Born and raised in Sweden, Charlotte was mentored by her grandfather, the painter Lennart Schultzberg. He started teaching her plein air painting when she was five years old. He came up with innovative ways of teaching a young child perspective, color theory and to use different mediums. She learned about seeing, listening, feeling and how to translate those qualities through paint. Charlotte was influenced and inspired by an environment filled with art. In her early twenties, Charlotte moved to San Francisco and studied at the Academy of Art University and the California College of the Arts. Her landscape paintings gradually became more abstract and autobiographical, with an emphasis on color and texture. 'My World...

Green landscape painting. Land's End 2006 #13 - Oil on canvas - 12 x 18 inches / framed in natural blond wood 13 x 17 inches by William Stanisich, whose provocative Land’s End series...

Sea blue-green light dances over pink and yellow with red in this 62 1/4 x 58 3/4 inch vibrant and alive with rhythmic lines and color, oil on canvas painting from Stephen Henriques,...

Calming blue light dances over red and yellow / golden wisteria in this 60 x 61 inch vibrant and alive with rhythmic lines and color, oil on canvas painting from Stephen Henriques, w...

Calming blue light dances over foxtails in multicolor, in this 51 3/4 x 47 3/4 Vibrant and alive with rhythmic lines and color, oil on canvas painting from Stephen Henriques, who say...

Dark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Painting by Contemporary British Painter Angela Wakefield - a rare early work. Entitled 'Accrington #2',...

Colourful Psychedelic Abstract Landscape Painting of Urban City Scene by leading British Urban Artist Angela Wakefield. This artwork is from an intense body of abstract work that fo...

Tree with Red, Pink, White & Blue Abstract Forest Background by British Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. From the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Framed in a high quality c...

Abstract Red, Pink,Purple, White, Green & Yellow Painting by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Framed in...

Colourful Abstract Landscape & Sky Painting with Reds, Purples & Blues of Pendle Hill in the Northern English Countryside by leading British Urban Artist Angela Wakefield. Art measu...

Colourful Psychedelic Abstract Landscape Painting of Urban City Scene, using mainly turquoise and bright colours, by leading British Urban Artist Angela Wakefield. This artwork is f...