MARGARET BERTRAND
BIOGRAPHY
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Margaret Bertrand began painting full time in 1997. Her work has been exhibited at The Center for Visual Art in Oakland, California numerous times. She has studied painting with Anthony Holdsworth, papermaking with Patricia Olynyk and monoprint techniques with Jon Rife. Her most recent work uses laser images of dragonflies embedded in acrylic paintings. Some echo the building blocks of life and workings of the universe, such as many of the ones seen in the Dragonfly Gallery. Others live in a more familiar world. Margaret's Paper Warriors reflect her ability to see human faces in rocks and shells. Her earliest works were photographs of tide pools enhanced with oil sticks to highlight the faces she saw in them. Since then she has collected rocks and shells which she uses in the Warrior pieces as faces and figures. While her prior work life involved visual communication such as advertising and package design, it was done from an analytical and managerial role rather than from the role of creator. She served on the board of Pro Arts and as chair of various arts initiatives in Oakland. She has served on the board of ARTSHIP Foundation and the Board of Trustees of the Oakland Zoo. |
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