Stillness at Dusk Emily Berger the patterns

the patterns

Integral to her process is an exploration of the small and large ways relationships can “shift

His emotional state and level of focus play an important part in the execution and its result

Each work in the series began its evolution as a scanned image of a Buddhist thangka—a spiritual painting of a Buddhist deity—which was then blurred and stretched until all that remained was a distilled image of color and form

Stillness at Dusk Emily Berger the patternsThis work is a sophisticated example of Postmodern Tonalism, where the boundary between a traditional landscape and pure abstraction almost entirely dissolves. Executed in oil and mixed media on canvas, it carries a luminous, atmospheric quality that feels both ancient and urgent. Her works illustrate her masterful control of light perceived through pigment, creating a space that feels deeply quiet yet politically charged by the fragility of the