PHILADELPHIA, July 27, 2009 - On the second
floor, WALLS at Wexler Gallery proudly presents an
exhibition of important works by painter Berny Brownstein.
The exhibition will run from July 29 through August 29,
2009.
A native Philadelphian, Brownstein is a recorder of decisive
moments, personal reflections, and experiences gained through years
of travel and observation. An artist who is "excited about the
essence of all things; a figure, a landscape, the character of an
individual" Brownstein is inspired by the possibilities of "form,
color, texture, the transient play of light and shadow."
According to the artist, "Even the most commonplace of objects
are enduring moments to the limitless subject matter of nature.
Looking at works painted in Italy and along the New Jersey shore
line, it seems to me the two have more in common than I originally
imagined. Evidence of daily rituals and natural and human cycles of
renewal is everywhere in them; friends meeting in a village bar for
a nightly round of story telling, the ocean's tides, laundry drying
in the Tuscan sun, surrounding hillsides covering the rich olive
trees, plants growing through broken asphalt, grapes ripening in a
Tuscan vineyard. I feel driven to capture these things before they
pass away, for they are what give our lives stability and
significance without us really even being aware they exist."
Brownstein attended the University of the Arts on a full paid,
four-year scholarship, earning his degree in Advertising Design in
1957. The artist's watercolors, drawings and oil paintings
have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions and can
be found in many private and corporate collections. Today,
Brownstein holds the title of Chairman & Chief Creative Officer
at Brownstein Group, a full-service marketing firm he founded in
1964.