Valerie Berkely

Awakening

2015

Artist Comments
Valerie Berkely looks for stories in her travels as inspiration for her abstracted landscapes. This painting is evocative of the quiet first morning light on the shore, she says. I didn;t use any brushes, only sponges.

About the Artist
Valerie Berkely uses her finger tips as brushes to create her abstract paintings. For Valerie, the art is all about the process, the paint, her mood, and the moment. She admires the artist Wolf Kahn, who once said, “the picture is the conclusion of an experiment in which the hint of an image becomes actuality. Like Kahn, Valerie’s paintings combine pictorial landscapes with painterly abstraction. The vibrant primary colors capture the hues of the sun rising and setting, and the texture of her fingers across the surface divides sea, land, and sky. There is something very dreamy about these works, exemplified by their color, texture, and atmospheric quality. Valerie’s first “art epiphany” was seeing Seurat's La Grande Jatte at the Art Institute of Chicago. “Bowled me over! I actually fell down. And I knew I was to become a painter.”

Awakening
Valerie Berkely
Acrylic painting on wood
Finished edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2015
30 in. h x 30 in. w x 2 in. d
9 lbs. 0 oz.