Winter Melt, Abstract Oil Painting
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Valerie BerkelyWinter Melt, Abstract Oil Painting2024
2024
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Artist Comments
A chilly stream through the woods takes shape through finger painting. Surrounded by a hazy layer of snow, subtle textures hint at a forested horizon. The limited palette of transparent hues and thin layers of oil paint create an atmospheric touch to the abstract landscape.
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.â€
Words that describe this painting: winter, woods, stream, cold, chilly, cool, snow, trees, trickle, creek, season, water, haze, fog, mist, abstract, nature, oil painting, green
Winter Melt
Valerie Berkely
Oil painting on cradled wood panel
Natural wood edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2024
18 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
4 lbs. 5 oz.
- Creator:
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Condition:Winter Melt. Valerie Berkely. Oil painting on cradled wood panel. Natural wood edges. Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on front and back.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 772711stDibs: LU922113976262
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