 Breen Bergstrome |
Breen Bergstrome is a native of Vancouver, B.C. spending her youth living in Summerland B.C. in the sunny, culturally-rich Okanagan Valley. Arts and music were a part of everyday life, and after a two-year stint in art school in Mexico, she embarked on a music path in the late 60's and early 70's in a 6-year professional career of performing and recording original music.
Since moving to the Fraser Valley with her young family in 1979, Breen has been an actively working visual artist creating watercolour images of her homeland, the great Canadian Northwest.
Using transparent watercolours in a combination of washes and dry-brush high-realism, Breen paints landscapes and portraits uniquely rich in colour and texture.
Breen's subjects have included indigenous peoples and wildlife, pets, and nature studies. She paints both her own muse and is also open to commission. "My style is realism, although there's only enough detail I deem is necessary for each painting". "I have spent most of my 30-year watercolour career painting images meant primarily as a respite from everyday life and a pause for positive revision. " Breen has substantial experience in watercolour, oils, pen & ink, Multi-medium installations, illustration and design, and has completed 12 large outdoor Murals both historic and contemporary. In her career, Breen has completed a large portfolio of Fine Art Watercolours and Oil paintings.
Breen is now offering high-quality giclee reproductions of selected works.
Breen has been an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC) based in Toronto, Ontario since 2006, and an active member of The Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA), Vancouver, B.C. since 2002.
Professional Training:
1967 Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico studying drawing and sculpture until 1969
Recent Exhibition History
2002 "June Juried Show", FCA Gallery Vancouver, B.C.
2002 "Fall Juried Show" FCA Gallery, Vancouver, B.C
2002 "Human Figure Juried Show", FCA Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2003 "President's Invitational Juried Show", FCA Gallery Art Exhibition of Canada and Korea
2003 "Open Water 2003 CSPWC Annual Juried Exhibition"
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004 "Open Water 2004 CSPWCAnnual Juried Exhibition", Civic KCentre Art Gallery, Etobicoke, Ontario
2005 "Human Figure Juried Show", FCA Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. 2005 "Open Water 2005 CSPWC Annual Juried Exhibition", John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2007 "Blossoms and More" Juried Show FCA Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2007 "Works on Paper" Juried Show FCA Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2008 "Open Water 2008 CSPWC Annual Juried Exhibition
2010 "CSPWC B.C. Invitational" Leigh Square Community Arts Village, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
2010 Best in Show 85th Anniversary CSPWC-B.C.Exhibition "Western Streams"
Recent Solo Shows
2003 City Hall Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C.
2007 Chambers Gallery, Chilliwack Museum, Chilliwack, B.C.
Awards:
2002 Peggy and Harry Evans Award FCA
2003 Daler-Rowney Award CSPWC
2005 Jarvis Award for excellency in Transparent Watercolour CSPWC
2007 David Malloy Memorial Award FCA
Publications:
2003 "Art Exhibition of Canada and Korea" - Consulate General of the Republic of Korea/Federation of Canadian Artists
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Breen Bergstrome
Flora Robison - Agent
Phone: 1-604-792-7555
E-mail: breenbergstrome@telus.net
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