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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October 25, 2008: News from Berkeley, new painting DVD
It’s finally complete – the instructional painting DVD, that is! Actually, I’m really excited about this video. It took a lot more thought and a lot more time to put it together than anticipated. The result was worth the effort though, as it summarizes much of what I teach in my fundamentals workshops. Here’s a…
A Berkeley Daily: Full Moon II
36″ x 36″, Oil on canvas Always something special about a full moon. I wanted to celebrate the new year with a new painting and a new format and decided to do so with this first painting in a series of medium scale works. It has been a while since my last posting. The last…
A Berkeley Daily: Portrait of Shirley II
8″ x 10″, Oil on canvas on board, commission The second of three different portraits of Shirley. I’ve been busy preparing for leading a number of painting workshops coming up soon. The next one is scheduled for the first week October in Taos at the Taos Art School. If you know someone who would enjoy…
A Berkeley Daily: Shadowy Bridge, Guatemala
10″ x 8″, Oil on canvas on board, Inquire. A few wires, a couple of boards, a lot of air and the long shadow of the legs. If you are interested in acquiring this painting, send me a note.
A Berkeley Daily: Hollow Tree, Guatemala
10″ x 8″, Oil on canvas on board, Inquire. My daughter Emily brought me to this hot spring surrounded by hollow trees in Guatemala where she is working for the Peace Corps. I’m happy to know that we can be of benefit to other people by what we do – like Emily’s work in the…
A Berkeley Daily: Aquatic Park
4″ x 5″, Oil on canvas on board, Inquire. From an early morning visit to a park close to the studio in Berkeley. If you are interested in acquiring this painting, send me a note.
A Berkeley Daily: Portrait
10″ x 8″, Oil on canvas on board, commission From blank to portrait of Shirley – fun what can be done with a little bit of oil paint and a canvas. This commission had an interesting twist: it is the first of three different portraits, one for each of her children. Wonderful idea Shirley!
A Berkeley Daily: Background
10″ x 8″, Oil on canvas on board, commission A little background makes a big difference.
A Berkeley Daily: Details
10″ x 8″, Oil on canvas on board, commission I seem to recall some phrase about details and a character from another realm that resides there.