Notice the barb wire passes through the horseshoe on this new acrylic painting. Also the cattle tag number 22 is framed by the horseshoe which means it is good luck. Maybe a reference to Caitlyn Clark. All this while the state bird of Iowa the "Goldfinch" looks on and wonders about it all on a warm Spring day. Prints of this piece are now available in the farm category on the Berger Fine Arts Website.

Soft Landing

This 36″x40″ acrylic shows a young girl coaxing a Monarch butterfly to land on her hand dancing in the water. This painting is my most recent as I continue to experiment with color and shadows in water. I am attempting to show as much depth with layers of acrylic paint as I can on canvas. I think I may have a few more days to go in this piece but I am getting close. You can tell I am getting ready for Spring in the north country.

Looking Back

Since I have been building a new website I have gotten away from painting. This piece is my latest and I still make some minor changes to it. It is a small acrylic roughly 20"x20" Have some new pieces now that I am working on and will post them as soon as I get them to a place where they are worth looking at.

 

Contentment

 

Someone a while back asked me the question, how would you paint a picture of contentment? Well here is what I came up with the image is called "Dreamers".  It shows a grandmother and a granddaughter dreaming together under a warm blanket. I think this acrylic piece says all there is to say about true contentment.

Wicked Wort Joins The Club

 

The Wicked Wort Brewery in downtown Robbinsdale officially joined the legendary bar club with the hanging of the "Welcome To Birdtown" artwork this past week. What a fun piece to paint. This piece has a lot of stuff going on in the art that will be sure to have anyone that views it have another look. The Wort is such a fun place to socialize with friends, good beer and good food to boot just a great place.

 

This was a recent commission work of boats moored at harbor in the morning mist. I always enjoy a graphite departure from paint. Three different pencils were used in this 11x14"  image and my goal was to capture the mood while highlighting the "LOVE" sign on the building to the left. fun piece to do and a nice change of pace I do not get a chance to draw many boats especial cool sailboats.

A Fortune of Patience

 

This 30"x 46" acrylic painting represents a lot of different emotions in a visual. In choosing a background  I tried to make it obvious that it is fall because of the yellow color of the corn husks waiting to be harvested. I also wanted to leave it to the viewer to decide judging by the sun is it early morning or late in the day almost dusk but not quite. Then finally, two different hands one young one old holding the same fortune cookie wisdom quote, "Be patient good things come to those who wait." This will be part of the farm series of pieces for those looking for prints.