Charlotte Berry
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Charlotte Berry is an established portrait artist in the greater Annapolis area. She was born in Baltimore and earned her bachelors of Fine Arts degree at the University of Maryland and her Masters degree at the Maryland Institute. She teaches studio art at Anne Arundel Community College and at St. John’s College in Annapolis.
After years of working directly from the subject, a process that involves many portrait sittings, Ms. Berry now works from photographs which she takes at the initial sitting. She uses natural light to set up the form and color, taking many pictures in order to capture a pose that is natural.
“Even in the traditional format of the portrait an artist can strive for intensity and artistic wholeness. Naturally, the portrait client is most interested in the likeness. It is important to me to maintain the integrity of the painting while capturing the spirit of the subject. The result is a ‘presence’ as well as a likeness.”
“The artist, as Renoir put it, searches for a balance between ‘observation and vision.’ In this century, if people want an absolute imitation of life, they know they can have a photograph taken. Most of the people who come to me want more than that - they want to see the subject through the artist’s eye.”
Her work has most recently appeared in the Maryland Society of Portrait Painters exhibition at the Hoffberger Gallery in February, 2003, as well as the Maryland Art Place Benefit exhibition and The Figure at the Mill River Gallery in 2002. Charlotte has painted portraits for over forty years. She is in demand as a portrait artist as well as a portrait teacher.
McBride Gallery is pleased to represent this talented portrait artist.
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