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MAY EXHIBIT 2008
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Artist Information: Randall Berndt Statement on the Artist Resume
Artist Information: Charles Munch Statement on the Artist Resume
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View of right front section of exhibit area from the front of the gallery. Works by Charles Munch.
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View of right rear section of exhibit area from the front of the gallery. Works by Charles Munch.
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View of left side exhibit area from the front of the gallery. Works by Randall Berndt |
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Randall Berndt, Green Corn, 2008, Acrylic on Panel, 18" x 14" unframed |
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Randall Berndt, The Berry Picker's Surprise, 2008, Acrylic on Panel 20" x 16" unframed |
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Randall Berndt, Luna and Jack, 2007, Acrylic on Panel 14" x 11" unframed |
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Randall Berndt, Owl Moon, 2007, Acrylic on Panel, 10" x 8" unframed |
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Randall Berndt, The Sunflower Patch, 2007, Acrylic on Panel 10" x 8" unframed |
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Randall Berndt, The Mushroom Picker Accompanied, 2008
Acrylic on Canvas, 34" x 30" unframed |
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Randall Berndt, What Nature Has To Teach Us: Lumberjack's Lesson, 2005, Acrylic on Panel, 20" x 18" unframed |
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Randall Berndt, Lynx Moon, 2006, Acrylic on Panel, 12" x 14" unframed |
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Randall Berndt, The Offering: After Reading "The Last of the Mohicans" 2008, Acrylic on Panel, 20" x 16 " unframed |
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Randall Berndt, Farmer's Dawning, 2008, Acrylic on Panel, 18" x 24" unframed |
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Charles Munch, Two Worlds, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 72"
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Charles Munch, Canoeists, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 72" |
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Charles Munch, Witness, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 72" |
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Charles Munch, Cat/Man, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 72" |
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Charles Munch, Snowbirds, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 72"
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Charles Munch, Peaceful Forest, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 72"
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Charles Munch, Owl Lake II , 2008, Oil on Canvas, 28" x 28" |
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Charles Munch, The Peaceful Forest I, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 16 " x 24 " |
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Charles Munch, Pony Beach I , 2007, Oil on Canvas, 20" x 28" |
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Charles Munch, Rock Against the Lake I , 2006, Oil on Canvas, 32" x 32" |
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Charles Munch, Down River I, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 16" x 52 1/2" |
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Charles Munch, Silent Night I, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 30" |
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Charles Munch, Witness II, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 22" x 34" |
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Charles Munch, Cat/Man, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 72" |
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Charles Munch, Four Trees , 2007, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 72" |
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Note:
Grace Chosy Gallery has the book, “Charles Munch, Dreaming In Color, Paintings 1971 - 2006" by Jody Clowes and Richard Ely. In it the authors chronicle Munch’s career from his start as a trained realist, in the tradition of early European painting, to his current approach of communicating through basic contours and |
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Randall Berndt Human/Nature "I think I could turn and live awhile with the animals. . .they are so placid and self contained, I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long. " Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass 1855 "Through the years, I have learned that there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration. " Steve Martin Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life 2007 The imagery in my art explores the interaction of humans with the natural world. This imagery is often presented in narratives that call up the question of what exactly that relationship is. I feel that interesting art must contain an element of mystery, something elusive and sought after along with some humorous detachment from overweening Many of the goings-on in my art reflect a quest after that which exists beyond our everyday civilized and socialized lives. As a displaced country person, living mostly in the city now, I am often surprised by how much wildness shows itself in the midst of the busy urban hubbub. I have seen a Cooper's hawk pounce on a hapless sparrow right next to a sidewalk near the capitol building in downtown Madison. I have seen the unlikely, primordial opossum wobble past our front porch in the early spring snow and the screech owl perch in our apple tree in the full moon that rises over our backyard just as it does over the tamaracks in the north-country swamp. Some of these works are blatantly romantic yearnings - deliberate archaisms, seeking after refuge from our overly organized lives, searching for rescue from business as usual and transport to the moonlit big pine woods with its secret campfire that invites dreaming where the sound of traffic is not heard. These paintings suggest, I hope, the |
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ARTIST RESUME
Randall Berndt - 2008 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS |
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Charles Munch Artist Statement Charles Munch |
Charles Munch EDUCATION SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS SELECTED COLLECTIONS |
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