Tom Berto - Paintings
About the artist
About the paintings and prints
Price ranges
Contact
Directions to our studio
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Paintings – originals and/or gicleé
prints available
Honeybee and Sunflower
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Mount Whitney at Sunset
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Yellow Cactus Flower
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Cupcake for Saint Patrick
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Agave (2004)
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Reflections at Lake 11,672
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Purple Cactus Flower
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Rosa 'Complicata'
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Boulders and Snow near Heart Lake
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Douglas Fir, Yosemite, Winter
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Extension Cord
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Mushrooms on Douglas Fir Log
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Agave (2002)
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Rock, Dune
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Mustang
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Bay Leaf
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Poppy
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Water Lily
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Sierra Crest, Star Trails
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Dawn at Chac Mool Rock
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Drying Mud
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Zinnia Skipper
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Moon and Stars over Heart Lake
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Play with Me
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Zinnia
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Hurry Home Honey
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Paintings – not for sale
Oxalis
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Kelp
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Neptune over Banner Peak
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Corn
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Wildflowers and Grasses waiting for the Sun at Chac
Mool Rock, again (1985)
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Grasses through Sand
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Tomatoes, Without Beetles
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Shell Remnant, With Bubbles
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Chac Mool Rock (2004)
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Just Washed
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Mount Whitney at Sunset (1988)
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About me
I paint objects and scenes with combinations
of form, texture, and color that either harmonize or syncopate well. Although
my work seems photo-realist, it is only enough so as to best present my
favorite things about an object or scene.
I've been painting since 1978, with a lot of activity
between 1983 and 1991, then more recently from 2002 on. The gap between
1991 and 2002 was mostly because I didn't have a place to paint! I have
worked full time as a mechanical engineer at Agilent in Sonoma County,
California since 1985.
In the last three years, I've begun having some of my
paintings professionally scanned and printed using archival combinations
of paper and dyes.
About the paintings
and prints
Almost all of my paintings are from photographs,
generally slides. I use the photographs as color and light references,
and to help lay out the paintings. All paintings are acrylic, on art board
unless noted otherwise.
My paintings are done using a combination of airbrush
and hand brush. The airbrush work varies between hard-edged, tightly defined
masked work and free-hand, free-form right-brain work. These have totally
different attributes, and I go back and forth as to which I enjoy most.
I've found that the final appearance of a painting is heavily dependent
on the processes, and in particular, the sequence of processes used to
create it. Determining that sequence is one of the most enjoyable parts
painting for me.
There are no messages behind my paintings. They are
intended only to capture and display the physical and visual essence of
the objects and scenes being painted.
Gicleé prints are all in signed and numbered
limited editions of 100 or 250, created using an Epson or Roland printer with archival pigments
on Somerset 250 gm Enhanced Velvet paper.
Framed prints are matted, behind glass in black sectional
aluminum frames, and are ready to hang. I prefer regular glass because
I've found that anti-glare glass reduces the crispness of the images.
Price ranges
Prices for gicleé prints range from $40 to
$220 unframed and $95 to $345 framed. Original prices range from $400
to $4000. Current values are given in the price list, but I reserve the
right to change these without notice. CA sales tax of 8% will be charged
on all purchases.
Price
list
Contact me at: bertopaintings@yahoo.com
for more information, or to order.