Sally M. Berner

medium: painting

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Lars 2003 Painting

Contact information
180 W. Briar Ln.
Green Bay, WI 54301
Phone Number: 920-336-9298
Email Address: K9Art@new.rr.com
Web site: www.natureartists.com/berners.htm

Artist statement
I was fortunate to grow up in a small town in Wisconsin with Lake Michigan in my backyard and the beauty of Door County less than an hour away. I have been an active oil painter for over 24 years in the Realist tradition and my love for nature and animals has led me to concentrate on painting wildlife, domestic animals and household pets, especially dogs. I also love painting landscapes that are a natural complement to wildlife art and the classic still life because they give me the opportunity to paint using a controlled light source. I have a passion for painting interesting light! Light can make an otherwise ordinary subject quite extraordinary. I am happiest when interacting with animals whether at home or in the wild and has traveled to the ice floes of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to see the Harp Seal pups being born and Churchill, Manitoba, to watch Polar Bears in their natural habitat. I’m active in the Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin and have one very lively Golden of my own.

Biography
Recent Juried or Invitational Exhibitions
2011 Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art Show, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Ariz.
2011 Richeson 75: Small Works Exhibition, Richeson Art School, Kimberly, Wis.
2011-2007 Masterworks in Miniature, Gallery One, Mentor, Ohio
2010 Oil Painters of America’s Juried National Exhibition, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Ariz.
2010 Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, Kan. (has been juried into this show 10 times)
2010, 2009 and 2008 Paint the Parks Top 100 and Traveling Exhibit
2010-2002 Appleton Art Center/Secura Insurance Fine Art Exhibition, Appleton, Wis.
2009 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition, Corse Gallery, Jacksonville, Fla.
2009 Society of Animal Artists 49th Annual Art and the Animal Exhibition and Tour, Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, Salina, Kan.
2009 AFC (Artists for Conservation) Annual Juried Art Exhibit & Conservation Benefit, Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, N.J.
2009 Paws and Reflect: Art of Canines, traveling museum show, 11 locations, May 2007–March 2010 (reatured on poster)
2009, 2007, 2005 and 2003 Miller Art Museum’s “Wildlife Biennial” Invitational, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Recent National Awards
2010 Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, Kan., 3rd place and Best Puppy oil painting
2009 Artists for Conservation 2009 Wildscape Award, Editor’s Choice, Highly Commended (UK)
2004 Second Place, the Artist’s Magazine annual competition, “Animals” category
2002 First Place, oil & acrylic painting category, Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, Kan.
2001 First Place, The Artist’s Magazine’s Annual Art Competition, “Animals” category (also one Honorable Mention and a Finalist 7 times including 2010)
2000 Second & Third Places, oil and acrylic category, Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, Kan.

Collections
The AKC Museum of the Dog, St. Louis, Mo., permanent collection
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wis., permanent collection
The Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, Mo., permanent collection
Neville Public Museum of Brown County, Green Bay, Wis., permanent collection
Dewey Ballantine LLP, Washington, D.C., special commission