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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Young Man on a Boat Portrait Painting Time Lapse Video Part 2
Part two in a series of time lapse videos of a portrait painting Young Man on a Boat. Continuing work on this portrait painting commission of a young man on a boat. This segment shows further development of the face and adding more details of the background and overall composition. Music by penguinmusic, Abstract Ambient,…
Sky Island Full Moon Painting Time Lapse Video
Time lapse video of the painting Sky Island Full Moon. Watch a painting of a southwest landscape near the border of Arizona and New Mexico appear in this short video. Every painting requires hundreds or thousands of strokes of paint with a brush or painting knife to be completed. Read more about the location of…
Young Man on a Boat Portrait Painting Time Lapse Video Part 1
Part one in a series of time lapse videos of a portrait painting Young Man on a Boat. After completing the study, the start of the actual portrait painting. Keeping the study nearby for reference is useful as a guide and makes it easier to paint since many of the questions about the final work,…
‘Clouds Arising’ Painting in Time Lapse
Clouds Arising painting in time lapse. One of a number of new paintings for the ‘In This Very Moment’ show at Magpie Taos and available for purchase here. Clouds Arising, oil painting on canvas, 12″ x 7″ by Seamus Berkeley ‘The Hunger’ music composed and performed by Frederick Aragón
Portrait Painting Study Time Lapse Video
Painting a study is a great way to explore the subject and composition before working on a final piece. The quick painting sketch is fast and results in a visual representation that moves the idea from the imaginary to the actual. It’s also fun because there is freedom from the mindset of ‘having to get…
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: Benefits of Learning to Draw
From my favorite book on how to draw: “Learning to draw… is certainly not about Art with a capital A… The true subject is perception… the larger underlying purpose… how to see in new ways… discover how to transfer perceptual skills to thinking and problem solving…perceptual skills, learned through drawing, can be used for thinking…
Your Brain on Art: Benefits of Art in Our Lives
Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross have written an excellent book titled Your Brain on Art that explores the benefits of the arts. This is a short quotation from the book and we’ll be exploring more of how art can be of benefit to our well-being in upcoming posts. Creating artwork is one way to become…
Painting a Landscape: Final Details
After applying the paints through a midway point, it’s time to add the final details, such as increasing value contrast, points of interest and highlights. Creating artwork is one way to become more aware of our visual perception and open our experience to see the beauty in the ordinary. ‘Better Day’ music by Oleksandr Stepanov…
Painting a Landscape: Midway Paint Application
Continuing from a previous video on painting the simple shapes, this time-lapse video shows the next step is to begin adding more paint to build the composition to a midway point before the final details. Creating artwork is one way to become more aware of our visual perception and open our experience to see the…