San Francisco - Paintings
Mid-19th Century Old Masters San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This is another view of Campobello Island. I was inspired by the long shadows created in the late afternoon light and by the fact that it looks untouched by h...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
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 - Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1950s Modern San Francisco - Paintings
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 - Paintings
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 - Paintings
Oil
Mid-19th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
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 - Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Panel, Paper
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 - Paintings
Acrylic
1970s San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
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 - Paintings
Oil
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 - Paintings
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 - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
20th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Masonite, Oil
19th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas
Artist Comments
Zion National Park on a bright fall day. Yellow rabbitbrush blooming in the foreground leads the eye up to verdant cliffs on the horizon. Thick line work give...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This painting is part of Suren Nersisyan's series of California landscapes focusing on the nature and stunning light around Los Angeles. He draws inspiration from the residential streets, parks and gardens that dot the vast city. Of this piece, Suren says Just before dusk, the soft light from the sun and the beautiful colors of vintage buildings...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The title of this piece, Seven Bits ; Everything Else, hints at the premise that the conscious mind can only handle seven bits of information at one time. Mea...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
Late 19th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil, Board
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The Smithsonian Castle in Washington, DC on a bright summer afternoon. The brilliant green lawn and trees in the foreground ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1960s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
19th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
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