HEIDI BERGER
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I consistently return to the subject of "in her own space"— topics related to the lives of women. The people of Barbados, where my family had a home for almost four decades, continue to inspire me. As artist and as "almost Bajan", I am an observer and a witness— I am constantly on the look-out for people who "speak" to me, for the look or gesture which prods me to hang on to that moment, their moment, in paint.
Occasionally I paint other things: flowers, still life, rarely landscape.
24” x 45”, Mixed Media, BDS12000
12” x 24” , mixed media, BDS$1600
9" x 12", encaustic on cradled board BDS750
monotype on kinwashi, 16” x 10”, 2016 US$ 500
Family, 18” x 18”, cold wax/oil, US$600
There was a little girl, 18”x 20” acrylic, US$750
Girl with Red Glasses, 9” x 12”, encaustic, US$400
12” x 12”, Mixed Media BDS$700
acrylic on canvas, 34” x 54” - BDS$6000
16 x 24”, encaustic on cradled board BDS$1200
I will always remember, 12 x 16, inks/ wax and textile, US$500
Blue eyes, 8” x 8”, encaustic, US$300
Medusa, 8” x 8”, encaustic, US$300
She dreams, Wax resist, 11 x 16, $1400
31” x 56”, encaustic on washi on canvas, USD 3000
31” x 56”, encaustic on washi on canvas, $3000
“For all the lost children”, encaustic, 22 x 30” $2000
“Working with Wax”, a duo exhibition with Julia Seymour, took place in March 2023 at the Gallery of Caribbean Art in Barbados.
24 x 24, Encaustic, 2023- SOLD
24” x 24”, encaustic SOLD
THE BOAT THEY CAME IN ON, ENCAUSTIC, SOLD
Lost at sea, 11 x 14, encaustic $800
Caribbean Sea, 12 x 16, encaustic, SOLD
VESSEL 3, encaustic, 4 x 4”, SOLD
Vessel 1, encaustic, 4 x 4”, SOLD
VESSEL 2, encaustic 4 x 4”, SOLD
12” x 16”, encaustic, SOLD
10 x 10, encaustic on cradled panel, SOLD
11” x 13”, oil/ cold wax, SOLD
The reader, encaustic, 12 x 12, SOLD
She listens, encaustic 12 x 12,SOLD
Red haired child, encaustic 12 x 12, SOLD
Green turban, encaustic 12 x 12 SOLD
Wrapped in gold, wax resist, 12 x 16, SOLD
The ship she came in on, 12 x 16,SOLD
Looking back, encaustic, 11 x 14, SOLD
Just for a moment Im going to be me, wax/ collage 16 x 20 $1800
Sunflowers in August, Wax resist, 12 x 19, SOLD
Pride of BArbados 1, Wax resist, 12 x 16” SOLD
Pride of Barbados 2, Wax resist, 12 x 16” ,SOLD
The King, 11 x 14’ encaustic /gold leaf, SOLD
Sunflowers of Ukraine, wax resist, 12 x 12, $500
Oh Vincent! wax resist, 12 x 12, $500
One fine man, pastel and wax, 9 x 12”, SOLD
16 x 20”, wax resist on washi, USD 400 (unframed)
12 x 12”, wax resist on washi mounted on canvas SOLD
12 x 12”, wax resist on washi (not framed) USD 300
12 x 12”, wax resist on washi not framed USD300
“I am drawn to creating mosaics. It has to do with giving new life to old things and using random bits and pieces to create a new cohesive and meaningful whole. The history and earlier life of Barbados intrigue me. These pieces combine that interest: they are a song to Barbados.
Most of the shards used in these mosaics are from broken crockery and earthenware used by earlier generations, and are found on the ground in Barbados. The rains will bring these shards - sometimes hundreds of years old- to the surface. These little mementos of an earlier age are today threatened with extinction by the bulldozers of housing developers and the wheels of all-terrain vehicles, which show tourists out of the way places on the island.
The boards stand for two things: the vessels that brought, and still bring, people and most things to sustain life to the island, as well as the island of Barbados itself.
Over the years I have had help in collecting shards, particularly from members of the National Trust Sunday hikes led originally by Colin Hudson. Some of those members still collect shards for me, and many mornings I will find bags of broken pottery hanging from my gate. To all collectors, my most sincere thanks.”
Caribbean Mosaic: Meet Fantastic Art at Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Barbados (with Alison Chapman Andrews and Bill Grace) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HY3JJCWY1o
Barbadian Canefield, 2010 mosaic on surfboard 35x18inches Price $3000
Bajan Canefield, 36" x 18", mosaic shards on skimboard.
If one were to view the history of Barbados in archeological strata, then Amerindian shards would be at the bottom, followed by European settlers and people from Africa represented by the red Chalky Mountain shards). The chain represents slavery. Blue and white china represent colonialism.
Of interest is the band of clay pipe stems running through the middle. These pipes were used communally, each person broke off the mouthpiece after smoking and passed it onto the next person.
All the shards in this piece were collected on the surface of Bajan cane fields, roads or graveyards, with help from the National Trust Sunday morning hikers originally led by Colin Hudson.
Amerindian Memories, 72” x 24” (approx), Amerinidian shards and coral on surfboard (surfboard has slight crack which does not interfere with the piece), $6000
Amerindian Memories 1, 72 x 24" (approx), amerindian shards and coral on (slightly cracked) surfboard. The crack does not influence the piece. $6000 (neg)
This board contains more than a hundred Amerindian shards, 500 + years old. They were "rescued" from being pulverized by the all-terrain vehicles who travel to ancient amerindian sites to admire the view. the remaining pieces are branch coral, found at the same site on the East Coast.
Bridgetown, 16” x 30”, found shards on five boards, $2500
The gold road is Broad Street, the colourful street is Swan Street. The groups of white pegs are tourists off a cruise boat, the clock tower represents the Parliament buildings.
William and John, 36" x 18", found shards on skimboard. $3000
William and John was one of the first boats to bring settlers to Barbados. it landed in Holetown, with 50 Europeans and 15 African slaves. The slaves are seen in the black shards. this boat, like other after it, brought fruit from other lands.
Arriving on a coral Island, 36” x 18”, found shards, created shards, Bill Grace shards, $3000
Bamboo Grove, 34” x 20”, found shards, fabric , $3000
Yellow Brick Road, 60” x 20”, mosaics on surfboard, , found shards, Amerindian shards, sea glass on surfboard, $5000.
The yellow brick road is the highway up the “gold coast” of Barbados, the green glass shards represent the gullies, the coral pieces the cliffs to the East Coast,
Pink Shoe, 10" circumference, found shards on board, $450
The Shattered Garden, 2015, mosaic on surfboard, 36 x 18", SOLD
Caribbean Mosaic: Meet Fantastic Art at Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Barbados (with Alison Chapman Andrews and Bill Grace) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HY3JJCWY1o
Tears of Venus, 2015, mosaic on surfboard, 36 x 18", SOLD
Arriving from Guyana, 2011 Mosaic on surfboard SOLD
Immigration, 2010 (1058) mosaic on surfboard 36x18inches Price SOLD
Amerindian Memories 2, 2010 mosaic on surfboard 35x18inches Price SOLD
Barbados Gullies, 2009 Mosaic 36x18inchesSOLD
Eye of the storm, 60” x 18”, amerinidian shards, found shards, SOLD
Videos of past shows;
Caribbean Woman….my solo show at Gallery of Caribbean Art
Caribbean Woman...my solo show at Gallery of Caribbean Art in February and March 2011
Caribbean Mosaic...the show with Bill Grace and Alison Chapman Andrews at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre,, Barbados in January 2011
Curated by Heidi Berger and Corrie Scott
