Charlotte Bernström

Artist Reception:
* Saturday, May 29, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Exhibition Dates:
* May 21 – July 18

Exhibition page link

Born and raised in Sweden, Charlotte Bernström grew up in a unique environment permeated with art. She began painting in Nature at age 5.

Charlotte was mentored by her grandfather, painter Lennart Schultzberg, who came up with innovative ways of teaching a young child perspective, color theory and the use of different mediums. He taught her to see, to listen and to feel with all of her senses in the outdoors and how to translate those qualities through paint.

This ancestral knowledge and wisdom was passed down through Lennart from his father Anshelm Schultzberg, a renowned Swedish painter and international curator.

In her early twenties, Charlotte relocated to San Francisco, and studied at the Academy of Art University and the California College of the Arts. Although her roots were in impressionism, her paintings slowly morphed into abstraction.

In the last 25 years, she has been poetically exploring the deep-rooted relationship we have with Nature and the paintings may serve as a reminder of our innate connection to Earth. The work visually embodies the emotional realm; things we don’t necessarily see, but feel deeply within.

“The paintings are poetic explorations of the deep rooted relationship we have with Nature.  The work visually embodies the emotional realm and may serve as a reminder of our inherent connection to Earth. Things we can not necessarily see, but feel deeply within.”