HEIDI BERGER
I consistently return to the subject of "in her own space"— topics related to the lives of women. The people of Barbados, where my family had a home for almost four decades, continue to inspire me. As artist and as "almost Bajan", I am an observer and a witness— I am constantly on the look-out for people who "speak" to me, for the look or gesture which prods me to hang on to that moment, their moment, in paint.
Occasionally I paint other things: flowers, still life, rarely landscape.
12” x12”, mixed media, $700
Girl on Red, 11” x 14”, cold wax/oil on canvas, BDS$800
24” x 45”, Mixed Media, BDS12000
12” x 24” , mixed media, BDS$1600
11 x 16”, Mixed Media, BDS$750
12” x 12”, Mixed Media BDS$700
acrylic on canvas, 34” x 54” - BDS$6000
14 x 11”, acrylic BDS$400
14 x 18” (framed 16 x 20”), acrylic BDS$ 600
16 x 24”, encaustic on cradled board BDS$1200
9" x 12", encaustic on cradled board BDS750
monotype on kinwashi, 16” x 10”, 2016 US$ 500
I will always remember, 12 x 16, inks/ wax and textile, US$500
Diva: Jessye Norman, 20” x 16”, inks/wax on washi on canvas, framed, US$600
Girl with Red Glasses, 9” x 12”, encaustic, US$400
Blue eyes, 8” x 8”, encaustic, US$300
Medusa, 8” x 8”, encaustic, US$300
There was a little girl, 18”x 20” acrylic, US$750
Family, 18” x 18”, cold wax/oil, US$600
“Working with Wax”, a duo exhibition with Julia Seymour, took place in March 2023 at the Gallery of Caribbean Art in Barbados.
24 x 24, Encaustic, 2023- SOLD
31” x 56”, encaustic on washi on canvas, USD 3000
31” x 56”, encaustic on washi on canvas, $3000
24” x 24”, encaustic SOLD
THE BOAT THEY CAME IN ON, ENCAUSTIC, SOLD
Lost at sea, 11 x 14, encaustic $800
Caribbean Sea, 12 x 16, encaustic, SOLD
VESSEL 3, encaustic, 4 x 4”, SOLD
Vessel 1, encaustic, 4 x 4”, SOLD
VESSEL 2, encaustic 4 x 4”, SOLD
12” x 16”, encaustic, SOLD
“For all the lost children”, encaustic, 22 x 30” $2000
10 x 10, encaustic on cradled panel, SOLD
11” x 13”, oil/ cold wax, SOLD
The reader, encaustic, 12 x 12, SOLD
She listens, encaustic 12 x 12,SOLD
Red haired child, encaustic 12 x 12, SOLD
Green turban, encaustic 12 x 12 SOLD
Wrapped in gold, wax resist, 12 x 16, SOLD
She dreams, Wax resist, 11 x 16, $1400
The ship she came in on, 12 x 16,SOLD
Looking back, encaustic, 11 x 14, SOLD
Wrapped in perpetual bloom, wax/ collage 16 x 20 $1800
Just for a moment Im going to be me, wax/ collage 16 x 20 $1800
Sunflowers in August, Wax resist, 12 x 19, SOLD
Pride of BArbados 1, Wax resist, 12 x 16” SOLD
Pride of Barbados 2, Wax resist, 12 x 16” ,SOLD
The King, 11 x 14’ encaustic /gold leaf, SOLD
Sunflowers of Ukraine, wax resist, 12 x 12, $500
Oh Vincent! wax resist, 12 x 12, $500
pastel, wax and textile, 12 x 16, SOLD
One fine man, pastel and wax, 9 x 12”, SOLD
16 x 20”, wax resist on washi, USD 400 (unframed)
12 x 12”, wax resist on washi mounted on canvas SOLD
12 x 12”, wax resist on washi (not framed) USD 300
12 x 12”, wax resist on washi not framed USD300
“I am drawn to creating mosaics. It has to do with giving new life to old things and using random bits and pieces to create a new cohesive and meaningful whole. The history and earlier life of Barbados intrigue me. These pieces combine that interest: they are a song to Barbados.
Most of the shards used in these mosaics are from broken crockery and earthenware used by earlier generations, and are found on the ground in Barbados. The rains will bring these shards - sometimes hundreds of years old- to the surface. These little mementos of an earlier age are today threatened with extinction by the bulldozers of housing developers and the wheels of all-terrain vehicles, which show tourists out of the way places on the island.
The boards stand for two things: the vessels that brought, and still bring, people and most things to sustain life to the island, as well as the island of Barbados itself.
Over the years I have had help in collecting shards, particularly from members of the National Trust Sunday hikes led originally by Colin Hudson. Some of those members still collect shards for me, and many mornings I will find bags of broken pottery hanging from my gate. To all collectors, my most sincere thanks.”
Caribbean Mosaic: Meet Fantastic Art at Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Barbados (with Alison Chapman Andrews and Bill Grace) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HY3JJCWY1o
The Shattered Garden, 2015, mosaic on surfboard, 36 x 18", US$2500
Immigration, 2010 (1058) mosaic on surfboard 36x18inches Price SOLD
Barbados Gullies, 2009 Mosaic 36x18inchesSOLD
Amerindian Memories 2, 2010 mosaic on surfboard 35x18inches Price SOLD
Caribbean Mosaic: Meet Fantastic Art at Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Barbados (with Alison Chapman Andrews and Bill Grace) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HY3JJCWY1o
William and John 1627, 2011 Mosaic on surfboard Price $US 2000
Arriving from Guyana, 2011 Mosaic on surfboard Price US $2500
Barbadian Canefield, 2010 mosaic on surfboard 35x18inches Price US$2000
Tears of Venus, 2015, mosaic on surfboard, 36 x 18", Price US$2500
Videos of past shows;
Caribbean Woman….my solo show at Gallery of Caribbean Art
Caribbean Woman...my solo show at Gallery of Caribbean Art in February and March 2011
Caribbean Mosaic...the show with Bill Grace and Alison Chapman Andrews at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre,, Barbados in January 2011
Curated by Heidi Berger and Corrie Scott
