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“Blés herbes bleues”
© Sylvie Berman
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Name:
Sylvie Berman
Bio: Sylvie Berman is a French artist who now lives in Corbières. From an African childhood she preserved a love of
nature and of powerful contrasts of shadow and light, contrasts she rediscovered
in the Languedoc. Sylvie studied art at the atelier Met de Peninghen (Paris),
atelier du Mai (Malakoff), and the
École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs (Paris) where she learned a variety of
techniques including screenprinting, etching, oil and watercolour. But she says
that discovering pastel in 1985 was for her a revelation.
Sylvie has also worked in fashion design, poster design and oriental rug restoration. She has been exhibiting since 1975, in Hérault, the Aude, and Paris.
Subjects: Flowers; landscapes.
Medium: Pastel.
“Pastels allow for a fast and spontaneous treatment: one gesture gives a
drawing and color, and captures the movement of herbs and flowers, waving of
wheat in the wind. The touch of little sticks of chalk in the fingers, on the
skin, creates a sensual connection between the painter and her work.”
Navigation: Website
is in French. Links remain available at side of page.
It is a nicely-designed site, unlike many French art websites that seem to lack
focus, and to have obtrusive advertising that detracts from the site’s primary
function, which should surely be to display the art.
Gallery:
Herbes sauvages (wildflowers); Blés à Midi (corn at midday); Tableaux d’arbres (paintings of trees); Vignes et
Jardins (vines and gardens); Travail des Vignes (working the vines);
Toiles d’herbes (florals in oil)
Image
View: Information is generally provided on mouseover on the thumbnails, which
are presented to look like 35mm slides (remember them?) Click to enlarge in a
slideshow, where right click is not disabled - but work fast before the image
moves on! (There is in fact a pause button) Blés herbes bleues is 65 x 50 cm., 1084 x
627, 218 KB.
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