Saturday, June 11, 2022
This is 36" x46" acrylic painting that studies different textures and light reflections. I chose a soft pallet of colors to help highlight texture differences between skin, hair, grass, and evening light and to set an overall mood. Prints will be available soon of this painting.
The ending of the school year means another sketchbook finished. During the course of the year I capture ideas, thoughts, different techniques and just fun interesting stuff that catches my eye that day to be used in lesson starters that I teach. It's fun to keep a sketchbook because it kind of details the years, I have a lot of and it's always fun to begin a new one. The above is a sampling of pages from my advanced placement class sketchbook.
Landscape study
This was a landscape study I did for a class but I would like to use it for reference for a larger painting I would like to do. I think it needs to be horizontally stretched and the colors softened, looking for a very warm sunny day feeling, It's a start anyway hopefully finish it later this summer.
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
The Destination show at St. Ambrose college is history but the podcast question and answer sessions lives on. This show was a lot of fun and this conversation at the gallery reception stirred a lot of really nice memories. The link is listed below if you choose to listen about my process and thoughts on why I produce the art that I do.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/steve-berger/id1398034429?i=1000558316490