'Dip one's toes in'

Written By RWhitcomb-editor
“Poseidon’s Pocket” (collagraph), by Massachusetts artist Vivian Berman (1928-2016), at the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Mass.The museum says:“Berman used silk scraps, aluminum foil, and matte acrylic medium to create a variety of textures within the single image. The print conveys such an authentic impression of the sea, one is tempted to dip one’s toes in! The artist’s abstract renderings of the sea, sky, and landscape often conveyed a sense of solitude. …. Berman was among a small group of artists who studied with Donald Stoltenberg (1927-2016), a printmaker who explored collagraph methods in the late 1960s. These artists advanced the medium and helped it to gain recognition as a fine-art form.’’

“Poseidon’s Pocket” (collagraph), by Massachusetts artist Vivian Berman (1928-2016), at the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Mass.

The museum says:

“Berman used silk scraps, aluminum foil, and matte acrylic medium to create a variety of textures within the single image. The print conveys such an authentic impression of the sea, one is tempted to dip one’s toes in! The artist’s abstract renderings of the sea, sky, and landscape often conveyed a sense of solitude.
…. Berman was among a small group of artists who studied with Donald Stoltenberg (1927-2016), a printmaker who explored collagraph methods in the late 1960s. These artists advanced the medium and helped it to gain recognition as a fine-art form.’’

The Art Complex Museum

The Art Complex Museum

Powder Point Bridge, in very sandy Duxbury— Photo by John Phelan -

Powder Point Bridge, in very sandy Duxbury

— Photo by John Phelan -

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