tom berg is an artist known for his paintings of chairs which have been a focus of his work since his first chair paintings of the late 1970’s. however, his work has also incorporated subjects as varied as farm animals, architecture, clothes lines, swimming pools and hand tools, painted in a manner that moves across modes of landscape painting, still life painting and portraiture. he often paints his subject “en plein aire”, though treated in a manner somewhat skewed from a traditional approach to still life and landscape. the work is characterized by its frontality and emphasis on the picture plane, and the artist’s attention to the geometry of composition, executed with a painterly brush. the focus of the work seems to be more about confrontation and presence than with the identity of the objects portrayed, and the paintings move from humor and irony to contemplation and a kind of pathos.
tom berg is an artist known for his paintings of chairs which have been a focus of his work since his first chair paintings of the late 1970’s. however, his work has also incorporated subjects as varied as farm animals, architecture, clothes lines, swimming pools and hand tools, painted in a manner that moves across modes of landscape painting, still life painting and portraiture. he often paints his subject “en plein aire”, though treated in a manner somewhat skewed from a traditional approach to still life and landscape. the work is characterized by its frontality and emphasis on the picture plane, and the artist’s attention to the geometry of composition, executed with a painterly brush. the focus of the work seems to be more about confrontation and presence than with the identity of the objects portrayed, and the paintings move from humor and irony to contemplation and a kind of pathos.
half of two 2014
oil on canvas
12 x 16 inches
$3,000
one 2014
oil on canvas
12 x 16 inches
$3,000
splash 2015
oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches
$5,600
picnic table 2016
oil on canvas
14 x 18 inches
$3,600
the bench 2016
oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches
$3,800
green metal 2008
oil on panel
12 x 9 inches
$2,300
italian chair 2008
oil on canvas
14 x 18 inches
$3,200
resin backlit 2008
oil on panel
9 x 12 inches
$2,300
bic 2008
oil on panel
10 x 6 inches
$1,700
4 tomatoes 2005
oil on canvas
10 x 12 inches
$2,300
black rose 2007
oil on panel
12 x 7 3/4 inches
$2,000
still life with potatoes & beans 2004
oil on canvas
10 x 14 inches
$2,500
my ikon 2006
oil on canvas
29 x 25 inches
$4,500
side chair 2007
oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
sold