San Francisco - Art
Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Artist Comments
Building up many layers of color in oil paint and cold wax medium, Valerie then used scrapers to reveal the tree trunks in an abstract landscape. Warm orange and yellow trees standing in front of a cool blue and green background. Heavy texture complements the expressionist palette. The piece is part of a series of three works. Although Valerie did not create them as triptych, the three hang well close together.
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: woods, forest, trees, nature, expressionism, nature, non-representational, oil painting, blue
Bare Trees...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass, Giclée
Late 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Acrylic Polymer, Archival Paper, Giclée
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
1990s Dutch School San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Mid-19th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Bronze
1960s Surrealist San Francisco - Art
Masonite, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
Late 20th Century Other Art Style San Francisco - Art
Etching, Aquatint
Late 20th Century Other Art Style San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Late 20th Century Other Art Style San Francisco - Art
Etching
Early 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
2010s San Francisco - Art
Silver Gelatin
21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Silver Gelatin
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Late 19th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Realist San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Surrealist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Late 20th Century San Francisco - Art
Etching, Aquatint
Late 20th Century San Francisco - Art
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
2010s Abstract San Francisco - Art
Paper, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
20th Century San Francisco - Art
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Art
Screen
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Aquatint
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Mid-20th Century American Realist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
1980s American Realist San Francisco - Art
Oil Pastel
Mid-20th Century Surrealist San Francisco - Art
Aquatint
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Mid-20th Century Cubist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Artist Comments
In this hyperrealistic painting, David depicts a model holding plastic to her face. The work is meant as a commentary on global warming and a need to plan fo...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Early 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
1970s Modern San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Acrylic Polymer, Archival Paper, G...
Mid-20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Art
Oil, Wood Panel
Artist Comments
Jenn painted this piece using Golden Open Acrylics, which take longer to dry and therefore allow for more blending time. Jenn uses this technique to give the painting a dreamy and hopeful essence. "I am more passionate than ever about painting peaceful, reflective art...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
1970s Abstract San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media, Etching, Aquatint
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Screen
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Woodcut
1970s Folk Art San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph