STAN BERNING
SANTA FE, NM / PRESCOTT, AZ
DERVISH
In the last few years I have been working on just one image at a time. This WC/Gouache has taken a month to complete. ( A ridiculous amount of time for a medium most suitable to the spontaneous). A dear friend called these paintings “absurdly complex” and I must admit, there is some truth in his statement. But I already know how to resolve a painting easily. I am searching for unknown points of entry and deeper levels, both of surface and experience.
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928-460-2611
stan@stanberning.com
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Begun in late summer of 2010, these paintings are being done for Sara Eyestone, the art curator for The La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe, NM.
press release 2/2011
Mr. Berning, a resident of Santa Fe since 1981, is a former gallery owner, teacher, author, and well known artist. A player for 30 years in Santa Fe’s rich cultural scene, his works have been exhibited in such diverse locations as San Francisco, Paris, and New York’s Lincoln Center. In 2005 his paintings became the focus of the film OFF THE MAP starring Joan Allen and Sam Elliott. On display in the ballroom through the summer are his most recent, vibrantly hued and wholly realized abstract oil paintings.
Evocative of the New Mexico landscape with its sweeping vistas and ever changing light, these dynamic paintings are from Part Five of his NATURAL HISTORY series. Known in the past more for his printmaking and large scale work in watercolor and egg tempera, on display in these oil paintings is a virtuoso use of color by a generously spirited and always exploring artist.
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FLAMINGO
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Autumnal
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Ambitious Love
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Fishing
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Flurry in Violet
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Solar Fold
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A Desert Walk
Three 16″ x 16″ panels were used to make this 48″ long painting.
I present each panel here and then the whole.
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Resting Gray
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Winter Solstice
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Push
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Anchorage in Black and Yellow
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Red Queen
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Tattered Blue
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Velvet Cleft
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A Natural History Part Five #63
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A Natural History Part Five #45
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A Natural History Part Five #53
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A Natural History Part Five #59
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A Natural History Part Five #61
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