Bio

Contemplative and measured, Colin Berry's paintings have a dreamlike quality that provokes an inner dialogue. With careful observation and an articulate command of his craft, he has always been inspired by the Italian Renaissance tradition and artists such as Leonardo and Raphael. In fact, it was Berry's early exposure to Leonardo that first launched him on his journey as an artist.

Colin Berry received his undergraduate and Master's degrees in fine art from the University of New Hampshire (1985) and Boston University (1987), respectively.  In 1993-94 he was awarded a Fulbright Grant where he sought out Renaissance masterworks, attended the Florence Academy of Art, and studied human anatomy at the Zoological Museum in Florence. Proficient in Italian, he was able to appreciate the culture of the country and carry with him the experience of living in Tuscany, which he has used ever since in his work.  It was these painting experiences in Italy most profoundly influenced his art.

Comfortable and extremely accomplished with crossing over genres of still life and landscape, Berry frequently presents his subjects quite directly on a masonry or marble wall with an atmospheric Tuscan landscape behind them, as if seen in an other-worldly reverie.  Brush strokes have a quiet presence in the work. 

He has exhibited on a regional and national level, and has been featured in American Art Collector, American Artist magazine publications twice, The Artist's Magazine twice (2 covers), and in two publications of the Best of Artists/Oil (cover) book series.  He has been a finalist in the Figure Category of The Art Renewal Center Annual Competition.  His work is held in many private and corporate collections in the US.