Light-filled abstract paintings

LIGHT-FILLED WORKS

Windswept Again. 20" x 20", collage underlayer (hand-printed papers) and acrylic on canvas. $900

Let the dance begin! Light and airy and full of movement, many of these paintings are a result of the human mind's tendency to find recognizable images where they aren't explicit — like finding faces in the spaces between branches, or in the pattern of a rug, for example. Some begin with a textured white underlayer, and then I highlight the texture to bring out the images from my imagination. Others are more about what can be revealed when paint is pulled back from a colorful underlayer. They dance in a different way! To view more of these kinds of paintings, go to the Archive section of the website.

Horizontal painting of colorful meadow grasses against a white background.

Meadow Dance. 12" x 36" Gesso, wax pastel, acrylic, collage (hand-printed tissue paper) on cradled wood panel. SOLD

Delicate grasses against a highly textured white background

Intimations. 24" x 18" Gesso, wax pastel, acrylic on canvas. $975 (in natural wood frame)

Whisper. 24" x 18" Gesso, wax pastel, acrylic on canvas. $975 (in natural wood frame)

Detail of white textured background from painting of delicate grasses against a highly textured white background

Whisper — DETAIL

In situations image of delicate grasses against a highly texture white background in room with brown walls

Berkley Ebb Tide mixed-media abstract painting

Ebb Tide. 12" x 36" Gesso, wax pastel, acrylic on cradled wood panel. SOLD

Berkley_A-Little-Waltz abstract mixed-media painting of delicate grasses on white ground

A Little Waltz. 30" x 30" Gesso, marker, wax pastel, collage (hand-printed tissue paper) on cradled wood panel. $1800

Berkley_A-Little-Jig abstract mixed-media painting of delicate grasses on white ground

A Little Jig. 30" x 30" Gesso, marker, wax pastel, collage (hand-printed tissue paper) on cradled wood panel. $1800

Berkley_A-Little-Jig white with delicate green, grey, gold, in room

A Little Waltz, Detail

Berkley Pleasure of the Dance mixed-media abstract painting of grasses

Pleasure of the Dance. 12" x 12" Gesso, collage underlayer (hand-printed tissue paper), acrylic on cradled wood panel. $375

Berkley Keeping Time mixed-media abstract painting of grasses

Keeping Time. 12" x 12" Gesso, collage underlayer (hand-printed tissue paper), acrylic on cradled wood panel. $375

Berkley Swing Dance mixed-media abstract painting

Swing Dance. 18" x 18" Collage underlayer (hand-printed paper) and acrylic on canvas. Painting wraps around sides. $725