Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Q&A - Questions & Artists - Sally Berner from Peninsula Pulse

Q&A - Questions & Artists - Sally Berner
By Randy Rasmussen 
 
Many readers will recognize Sally Berner as a gifted artist specializing in portraits of dogs. She has won regional and national awards for her animal portraits done in a realistic style. Her work can be seen during the season at the Edgewood Orchard Gallery near Fish Creek. Recently, Berner displayed a piece in the Miller Art Museum's Door County Land Trust exhibit, "This Land is Your Land."

RR: Growing up did you have an individual or individuals that encouraged you in your art?

SB: First I have to thank my mother for all of her encouragement. Thinking back I can remember copying some of the characters in the Frank Baum book, Wizard of Oz, and showing them to my mother. She loved my work.

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dog painting
"Sanctuary Hound," in the permanent collection of the Dunnegan Gallery of Art in Bolivar, Missouri. This piece won First Prize at the "Art Show at the Dog Show," in Wichita, Kansas.