San Francisco - Art
21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Acrylic
19th Century San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Screen
Late 20th Century American Realist San Francisco - Art
Other Medium
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Late 19th Century San Francisco - Art
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century American Realist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
1980s San Francisco - Art
Silver Gelatin
Late 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Art
Screen
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
19th Century San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 19th Century Abstract San Francisco - Art
Fabric, Canvas, Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
Late 20th Century American Realist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Etching
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Etching
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
Artist Comments
A sophisticated, dreamlike view of divergent paths one can take. The middle path appearing as a painting within a painting...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Mid-19th Century Old Masters San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Etching
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Monotype
1950s Modern San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Yellow victorian on a quiet street in Cary, North Carolina. Bright spring light shines from the right, illuminating the new growth in the yard and casting an ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
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
1960s Modern San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
1960s San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century American Realist San Francisco - Art
India Ink
Early 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Etching
1980s Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Paper, Lithograph
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Art Deco San Francisco - Art
Screen
1960s San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
1950s San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
1990s Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Mid-20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Mid-19th Century San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
1980s Abstract San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Silver Gelatin
Late 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Woodcut
2010s San Francisco - Art
Archival Pigment
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Pastel
Artist Comments
Evening in an italian town. The title "Passeggiata" refers to a leisurely stroll often taken after dinner where friends meet up on the street. Dramatic lighti...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
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
Mid-20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media, Oil, Panel, Paper
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Artist Comments
As the sun sets behind the distant ridge, the fork in the river floods with warm hues from overhead. "I loved the way the light bounced on this southern river...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
1980s San Francisco - Art
Platinum
Early 19th Century San Francisco - Art
Ink, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Artist Comments
An expressionist portrait of relationships as a dance. Dominant blue palette with hints of red, purple and pink that offers both cal...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Artist Comments
From my series called Lessons from Winter, inspired by my process of discovering and embracing the beauty, mystery, and warmth of the coldest and darkest seas...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Art
Monotype
Early 20th Century Art Deco San Francisco - Art
Gouache



