Here are some words I wrote about his work in 1991 for an essay that accompanied a group show of landscape painters at AIB."For Chaet no sun will create the same patterns of color from morning to morning.Every day greets him with so many variables:humidity,cloud cover,wind conditions,wave patterns and time of year.Yet undaunted he succeeds in creating the fleeting uniqueness of each dawn."
I imagine the sun that he greeted each morning is now wondering where his friend Bernie has gone.
I recently came across this post card from Bernie dated July 22 2007 that shows that he was having a dialogue with nature that went both ways:
ReplyDelete"Marty-Thanks for the magazine and your notes!The article by Rosanna is wonderful!!
I will show at NY Nov 3rd- David Findlay- oils and watercolors at Babcock at the same time.
We will be at P.town at Boghosian soon to see the Dickinson.
I am painting hard.My rocks need me!
best Bernie"
I got to read the blog and the comment at his memorial at Yale on Jan 20th.I wished to make the point that there was a deep relationship between Bernie and Nature.His friendship with the sun,rocks,sea and clouds was deeply personal.
ReplyDeleteHis work is on display at the Cape Ann Museum.
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