Long story, but strangely enough, I've lost my domain name - www.danberkeland.com - to some ruthless internet speculators and I refuse to give in to their demands. So instead, I've moved the whole site here:
Please make a note, write it down, bookmark it, whatever ... but, yes, I'm alive and well and will keep you posted on my latest work at www.berkelandstudio.com
Thanks for looking!
I've had some abstract ideas stewing in my head for years. I'm finally getting them out onto canvas. Come on by and have a look.
SOLD!
Measures 40"x50".
This photo popped up on Facebook the other day. Someone put the painting of Marion that I did several years ago side by side with the famous Vermeer, girl with the pearl earring. I guess there are some similarities. Really, though, it's just a coincidence.
If you've been over to the house for pastries or bread anytime in the last year, you've seen this painting in the back of my studio just waiting to be finished. Well I finally finished it. And it's for sale! It measures 50" x 40".
Here we go again! Quinn Evelyn Berkeland was born April 12. That makes three little ladies.
Tessa (2), Quinn (0), and Molly (4)
Time to get back to work on the painting career. I took a little sidetrack over the last year to concentrate on my family and on building up a bakery. With a recent move into a new house with more space, it's time to throw painting back into that mix. And here's the studio where I'll be doing it!
Here's a painting I did from a blurry photo that I snapped many years ago while driving through a field of sunflowers in Chianti. Measures 24"x58". Contact me for availability.
I'd been telling people for years that if I didn't find a way to get back into the food world by the time I was old, I'd certainly count it as one of my regrets. Once I became a father, the art studio became a lonlier and lonlier place and I often daydreamed about building something more akin to a "family business". Of course it would involve food. On a random day a little over a year ago, I pulled the trigger and launched Back Porch Bakery. I set the brushes down, and started baking bread for the neighborhood.
My goal was to diversify. Paint AND bake. As the children grew and the baking took over, though, my humble little art studio got crowded out. You try to paint in a corner your dining room surrounded by high chairs and inundated with Alvin and the Chipmunks performing the latest Katy Perry single. Not gonna happen.
But big changes are coming this month. We are moving into a bigger house (only three houses away), and I'll be able to setup a dedicated art studio once again. This webpage will soon wake up from its' hibernation and the colors will pop once again. All of that AND delicious croissants.
New paintings are coming soon ...
These two paintings are now available as Fine Art Prints. You can see the full list of available prints here. Larger sizes and alternative sizes are also available upon request.
I can paint these Central Coast hills forever. It always takes me back to the running days. It's the closest I can get until I can whip these achilles tendons back into shape. I've got some new running shoes, though!
This one is at The Vault Gallery in Cambria, CA.
Measures 48"x48". SOLD!
Measures 48"x48". SOLD!
Montana de Oro Morning, 12"x36" SOLD!
Sunset from the top of Poly Canyon, 12"x36" SOLD!
Top of Perfumo Canyon 1, 24"x24" (Available from Fiona Bleu)
Top of Perfumo Canyon 2, 24"x24" (Available from Fiona Bleu)
Golden Peak in Poly Canyon, 48"x48" SOLD!
Poly Fishing Hole 2, 48"x48" SOLD!
