Seamus Berkeley
@seamusberkeley@seamusberkeley.com
Seamus Berkeley has been creating paintings, photographs and prints in a variety of genres for decades. Dublin-born, Berkeley lives in Taos, New Mexico and travels extensively for inspiration for his paintings and photographic images.His paintings and images are extensively collected, both nationally and internationally, most of which is commissioned fine art paintings. He uses oils as his primary painting medium, focusing on a variety of subjects in a representational impressionistic style and digital camera and phone for his exploration of the natural world.
What motivates him to create artwork is that serve as reminders to the viewer of our existence in and as part of nature. The primary goal is to make artwork that reflects his personal experience of memorable moments of being alive. Artwork has the potential to evoke a similar memorable experience for the viewer.
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Portrait of Ryan and Joel Delivered to Family House
The portrait of Ryan and Joel is now complete and has been added to the collection of portraits at Family House. Karen Banks at Family House is happy to receive the work and Charles McCray is looking forward to working on the Portraits of Family House project. This is the seventh painting in the series…
‘Tiny Treasures’ Show Opening at Oxtail Gallery
I’m celebrating 2015 with a new approach to art: getting out in the world! Yes, after spending years working, painting and showing exclusively in my studio, I’m happy to be expanding boundaries! Oxtail Gallery is a neat, beautiful gallery on Adeline Street in Berkeley, California run by Jessie Zechnowitz, Kingston Lim and Serena Lim. I’m…
Portrait of Ryan and Joel (Work in Progress)
Continuing work on this portrait of Ryan and Joel. Looking forward to delivering it to Family House soon! This is the seventh painting in the series of oil portrait paintings of people at Family House, San Francisco for the Portraits of Family House project.
Portrait Painting Workshop January 23-25, 2015
Just scheduled: a weekend portrait painting workshop in January 2015. Dates are January 23-25, 2015, Friday, 5:30pm – 7:30pm, Saturday & Sunday, 9:30am – 4:30pm. We’ll cover the basics of portrait painting by working with a model—the best way to learn portraiture! Space is limited to 12 students; $325 plus $35 modeling fee Read more…
Portrait of Ryan and Joel (Work in Progress)
Started work today on the next portrait: Ryan and Joel. This is latest in the series of oil portrait paintings of people at Family House, San Francisco for the Portraits of Family House project.
Sonoma Vineyard Landscape Painting—Signed
Decided it was time to sign this piece! Check out the images below to see details of the paint that was applied with 2.5″ and 4″ knives.
Work in Progress: Sonoma Vineyard
Here’s the work in progress from the study posted a few weeks ago. It’s piece commissioned by collectors in Sonoma, California of the oldest vine in their vineyard. Another fun painting in oil, measuring 42″ x 30″, using only a painting knife. I’m currently accepting commissioned work for 2015 and appreciate you sharing this with…
Painted Pumpkin
Monday with the Berkeley Painting Group. Decided it would be more fun to use a knife to paint a pumpkin rather than carve it. Glad I did!
One Apple Painted on a Monday
Another fun Monday with the Berkeley Painting Group. This week’s painting knife: keeping it simple with one apple on white with a touch of red.