Valerie Berkely Abstract Paintings

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The frosted ground crackles beneath each step on a crisp winter day. Cool green and blue tones envelop the forest scene, extending from the ground to the wooded area. The transparent hues applied on textured surfaces convey the wintry ambiance of the 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.”

Words that describe this painting: winter, cool, field, forest, season, woods, fog, mist, snow, abstract, nature, oil painting

Winter Song...

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Foggy mists wrap the shore in the early morning, shrouding the waves as they vanish into the horizon. The soft, pale colors imbue the scene with a soothing and dreamlike ambiance. Artist Valerie Berkeley...

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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 limit...

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Blooming flowers fill the vase evoking a sense of abundance despite its small stature. Artist Valerie Berkely presents the abstract floral using a limited palette of transparent purple and yellow tones. She demonstrates expressive finger painting...

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Working on a pre-textured surface, artist Valerie Berkely fingerpainted with a limited palette of soft spring colors inspired by the work of Wolf Kahn. "I pai...

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An atmospheric view of early spring, with the first hints of color warming the sleepy landscape. "I am often inspired by the work of William Turner, where the...

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"I wanted to evoke a sense of great distance, mixing warm sienna hues with iridescent gold, leading to a hint of trees under heavy skies," shares artist Valer...

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Layers of oil and cold wax medium in misty cool colors give life to this abstracted forest scene. "It's the feeling of the winter woods," says Valerie. She us...

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Valerie Berkely looks for stories in her travels as inspiration for her abstracted landscapes. This painting is evocative of th...