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Becca Bernstein
The following shows from Becca Bernstein will be on display in February at the gallery:
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Keyhole Miniatures
"Keyhole Miniatures" is an expansion of my thoughts about the interconnectedness of people to include the physical environment that is the theater for our lives. Seen in miniature and en masse, these glimpses of 100 lives are intended as clues to a universal story – one that binds us all in its familiarity. Our time in life together is transitory, and the objects we take along with us are evidence of who we are or have been.
"Keyhole Miniatures" is a series of 100 acrylic paintings on varying shapes and sizes of bevel-edged, wooden plaques – the kind my grandmother used for decorative tole painting. There are two basic subjects. The first is faces, if only in partial view – a child's nose and mouth in one or an elderly woman's eyes framed by her spectacles in another. The second is personal items of people of all ages: things cherished or things that were simply never discarded; useful things, forgotten things, collected and precious things, deteriorating things. The paintings are meant to be intimate and mysterious, a minute study of the personal and familiar.
"Donna"
Dimensions: 5" x 3"
Price: $285
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"Andy"
Dimensions: 7" x 5"
Price: $550
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"Hazel"
Dimensions: 7" x 10"
Price: $850 (SOLD)
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"Russell"
Dimensions: 7" x 10"
Price: $850
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"Jedd"
Dimensions: 9" x 11"
Price: $850 (SOLD)
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"Gwen"
Dimensions: 7" x 10"
Price: $750
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"Laura"
Dimensions: 4" x 5"
Price: $285
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"Loch Carron"
Dimensions: 11" x 9"
Price: $850
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"Restaurant"
Dimensions: 6" x 4"
Price: $465
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"Bright"
Dimensions: 3" x 3"
Price: $225
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The Locals
The Locals is an acrylic series painted on wood and Ballachulish slate – the traditional roofing material in Scotland. The subjects are men and boys from Glenelg and the surrounding area. For those familiar with In Piece, my series of elderly women painted on patchwork quilts, you may see the connection of the two surfaces. The slate shingles are pieced together like the patches of the quilts. Both are hand-crafted, coming together to create a sheltering whole – like a family, like a village.
"At the Co-Op"
Dimensions: 36" x 24"
Price: $2,800
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"Neilly Ach"
Dimensions: 36" x 24"
Price: $2,800
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"Duncan MacRae"
Dimensions: 36" x 24"
Price: $2,800
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"On The Ferry"
Dimensions: 36" x 24"
Price: $2,800
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"Robbie Burns Night"
Dimensions: 36" x 24"
Price: $2,800 (SOLD)
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"Man of the Boat"
Dimensions: 36" x 24"
Price: $2,800
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"Spanner"
Dimensions: 36" x 24"
Price: $2,800
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In Piece: The Women of Pinewood Gardens
For six years, I have worked daily with the elderly residents of a senior care home in Portland, Oregon. My paintings reflect the faces of many of my dearest friends.
These paintings are a continuation of my interest in women, family and aging. For "In Piece: The Women at Pinewood Gardens," twelve women were painted in acrylic on the highly textural surface of stretched, patchwork quilts. The fragmentation of the varied fabrics, together with the expressiveness of every subject, are intended to help illuminate who these women are today and to me. Their lives are a mysterious patchwork, hand-stitched unevenly and imperfectly. I know them as they are now - survivors, individuals, inspirations.
My hope is to compel a viewer to wonder about who these women are and were and to contemplate the quilted nature of a long life lived. These women, as I know them, are both strong and fragile. They are full of life and also leaving it.
"And One" (acrylic on patchwork quilt)
Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Price: $1,800
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"You Know Me" (acrylic on patchwork quilt)
Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Price: $1,800
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"Things Again" (acrylic on patchwork quilt)
Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Price: $1,800 (SOLD)
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"Anything" (acrylic on patchwork quilt)
Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Price: $1,800
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"Every Time" (acrylic on patchwork quilt)
Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Price: $1,800
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"Goes Along" (acrylic on patchwork quilt)
Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Price: $1,800
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"Never Misses" (acrylic on patchwork quilt)
Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Price: $1,800
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"Here" (acrylic on patchwork quilt)
Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Price: $1,800
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"So So Very" (acrylic on patchwork quilt)
Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Price: $1,800
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"You Know Me" (acrylic on patchwork quilt)
Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Price: $1,800
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