‘Shell Portrait’
Beaufort Art Association Gallery is proud to showcase the art of Beth Bronnum Stern inour upcoming featured artist series. Her show “Reflections” opens on July 1 and runs through August 30. Beth’s medium of choice is oil on canvas. The subject matterincludes landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, still life, and dog portraits.
Beth’s work from the last 40 years has evolved from contemporary still life, which combined the conventional subject of still life with non-traditional compositions. Painting unusual combinations of objects from several angles within the same painting, she juxtaposed compositions with vivid, heavily textured fields, in the form of diptychs and triptychs.
Although today, Beth leans towards more traditional compositions, her focus on light,high contrast, and reflection has remained. Her palette has always been a mix ofvibrant colors. Since the reflection of light through glass and water continues to be asubject of many of her paintings, Beth has titled her exhibit “Reflections”. Beth’s style ofoil painting reflects more of a personal vision and mood, rather than being a solelyrealistic interpretation. She hopes viewers will experience feelings of closeness tonature, scenery, and images – more than just viewing a painting.
Since living In the Lowcountry, light, shadows, gorgeous colors, and contrasts in the water and foliage have been the vision for her paintings. She finds the glass-like qualityof still water and mirror-images of a lush summer landscape reflections to be very motivational and the vibrancy of the Lowcountry colors, from sunrise to sunset, createthe inspiration for her intense color palette.
Beth Stern, originally from Georgia, resides on Fripp Island. She earned her Masters ofArt in Painting at New York University, and lived in Greenwich Village in
‘Lowcountry Beauty’
New York City,working in her studio and exhibiting her work. She later moved to Bedford, NY, where she andher husband raised three children. She has exhibited in many shows, has her work inpublic and private collections, and has done numerous commissions throughout theyears. Her donations of art to various organizations have helped in their fundraisingefforts through the years, as well.
Putting art aside, her hobbies are pretty simple – walking on the beach, spending time visiting her parents, children, and other family members, photography, cooking, taking care of her dogs, Pilates, and watching (but not playing!) lots of pickleball!
Beaufort Art Association invites the public to Beth Stern’s opening reception on Friday, July 11 from 5pm – 8pm. For more information visit www.beaufortartassocation.com
