Seamus Berkeley
@seamusberkeley@seamusberkeley.com
Seamus Berkeley has been creating paintings, photographs and prints in a variety of genres for decades. Dublin-born, Berkeley lives in Taos, New Mexico and travels extensively for inspiration for his paintings and photographic images.His paintings and images are extensively collected, both nationally and internationally, most of which is commissioned fine art paintings. He uses oils as his primary painting medium, focusing on a variety of subjects in a representational impressionistic style and digital camera and phone for his exploration of the natural world.
What motivates him to create artwork is that serve as reminders to the viewer of our existence in and as part of nature. The primary goal is to make artwork that reflects his personal experience of memorable moments of being alive. Artwork has the potential to evoke a similar memorable experience for the viewer.
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Art Exhibition in Midleton
Meditation and Contemplation Exhibition in Midleton opens Friday 04 September 2026! Something new: a two-person show at My Place in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland, featuring artwork by Seamus Berkeley and Trish Fitzpatrick. The topic of the exhibition is “Meditation and Comtemplation”, with artwork exploring the connection between seeing the world in an artful way and…
Awareness Through Sight Workshop
A new workshop in a new location This workshop will present information to attendees on how we perceive, exercises for new ways to see the world, along with guidance and practical instruction for drawing that can reinforce ‘seeing anew’, leading to moments of inner calm while also producing drawings created with simple charcoal tools and…
Portrait of Tenley Albright US Olympics Gold Medalist
Portrait painting commission of Tenley Albright, the first American woman in Winter Olympics history to win gold for the United States in women’s figure skating in Cortina, Italy in 1956. Tenley Albright was present seventy years later to see Alysa Liu win the gold. “90-year-old Albright was back where she won that gold medal, watching…
Happiness in the Rain?
It rains frequently in Ireland, as it did on this day when my mother and I were visiting the Cliffs of Moher. And people spend a lot of time talking with one another about the rain, how gloomy it is, and wondering when the sun will shine again. All of this commiseration seems to add…
Seeing Awe in an Empty Vase
Had been invited by an artist friend to stop in for a visit while in their neighborhood. Turned out that the invitation was not just for coffee and a chat—it was a surprise invitation to paint with them in their fabulous studio filled with north light and every supply needed to work on an oil…
Art and Experiencing Awe
Transcript For a few years now, I’ve been taking a break from teaching art. I realized at some point that just teaching the basics wasn’t quite enough for me. It wasn’t that the basics weren’t good, but I wanted to focus on what truly matters when creating art. What’s been on my mind is that…
Alannah
Portrait Charcoal Drawing After picking up a few charcoal supplies, decided to work on a portrait sketch. As with the White Bowl sketch, had been a number of years since working only with charcoal, this time on a face. It is amazing how much can be expressed with in charcoal, just the various lights, darks,…
White Bowl
Still Life Charcoal Drawing Hadn’t used charcoal in a long while, so decided to pick up a few supplies at a local art shop. Kept the subject simple with one white bowl on a white background, positioned near a window with diffused daylight. Always fun to see what can emerge from a simple still life…
Nancy Roeser and Michael Schumann
“It’s a little high, but we are really enjoying your painting!!”