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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One Day Composition Workshop
Saturday, July 30, 2011 from 9am to 4:30pm. Learn how to see and learn how to get that scene onto your canvas in this one day workshop! Exploring concepts of composition is perhaps the single most important aspect in creating a work of art that is expressive of your unique view of the world. Approaches…
Painting and Drawing Workshop in Ireland
I’ll be at Anam Cara on the west coast of Ireland again this year giving a workshop on drawing and painting, emphasizing the importance of seeing before beginning your work. We’ll be exploring ways to enhance your creativity and improve your drawing and painting skills. For more information on the workshop, please visit the Anam Cara…
Open for Art Dialogue
I’ll be open for another art dialogue Friday, December 10 from 6 to 8 pm. It turned out that the art dialogue at the last opening was an exciting opportunity. People who came in the door wondering if they had to wait to ask their questions! Of course, I was delighted by this, as talking…
Figurative Landscape Painting Workshop in France
I’m leading a painting workshop in France June 1 to 7, 2011. This will be a fun and enjoyable learning experience at a fabulous southwest country resort in the Dordogne. We’ll be concentrating on tbe figure in a landscape setting in the environs of Le Petit Rousset. We’ll be painting every day while taking time to explore the…
Frida’s Front — New Painting for a Frida Kahlo Show in Taos
Earlier this year, Andrea Watson invited me to participate in a group show in Taos, New Mexico. The show is centered on anything Frida Kahlo. Instead of recreating standard images, this show has aims to illuminate tiny details related to her life. For this show, I chose to paint a detail of the Frida Kahlo…
Exhibition of New Paintings: Looking Up
I’ve been working on a number of projects since returning to Berkeley after my extended trip to Ireland. One of them is a series of new paintings for a show on a theme of Looking Up. These pieces are a reflection on what is there when I look up.Please join me for this engaging exhibition of…
New Show: ‘Plenty Hidden’
In another collaborative show between writer Amy Moon and painter Seamus Berkeley, the artists individually explore hidden aspects of a phenomenon: self-storage. When something — like self-storage — becomes a ubiquitous part of our lives and our landscapes, we often don’t see it. By taking a closer look, the artists explore what our relationship…
Greetings from Estes Park Colorado
We left Berkeley CA in Seamus’ Subaru Legacy circa 1990 around 3pm on Tuesday October 22. After a somewhat leisurely drive through Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, we arrived in Estes Park CO today. We’re on a two week road trip but this isn’t a dispatch from on the road. It’s from a stopping point…
June 2, 2009: Passages show opening of new work and conversation with the artist
A New Series of Paintings I would like to invite you to a show of new work and old studies at my studio in Berkeley on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 7pm. I’m calling the show Passages to reflect the new work as well as mark a new direction for my paintings. I’ve written more…