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Morning at Green Rock

by Dan Berkeland January 03, 2020

Morning at Green Rock. Measures 48" x 60". Come see the original at The Back Porch Bakery at The Carlton Hotel in Atascadero, CA.

From Cuesta Ridge

by Dan Berkeland December 29, 2019

From Cuesta Ridge (30" x 48") Oil on Canvas.

Titanomachy (2019)

by Dan Berkeland October 23, 2019

Titanomachy (2019) Measures 48 in. x 48 in. Inspired by the 10 year conflict between the first order of Greek gods, the Titans, and the second order, the Olympians. Was a messy battle.

Art After Dark, Nov. 1, 2019

by Dan Berkeland October 20, 2019

November 1st, 6-9 PM

Art After Dark

with featured artist

Dan Berkeland

and

live performances by the

Movement Arts Collective

2074 Parker St #100, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Took a road trip down the Via Appia years ago with my buddy, Emiliano, to visit his family in the suburbs south of Rome. The imagery has stuck with me ever since. As the years go by, those memories twist and turn and maybe get a little more psychedelic. This one measures 48 in x 48 in, and YES! ... It's for SALE!

New work showing at the Back Porch Bakery

by Dan Berkeland September 27, 2019

If you're on the Central Coast of California, stop into The Back Porch Bakery at the Carlton Hotel in Atascadero to see some of my newest paintings. We're at 6005 El Camino Real in Atascadero. Have a coffee and a croissant and check out some colors. See you there!

Almost 50 Posters Available!

by Dan Berkeland September 26, 2019

Did you know that I've got almost 50 of my images available as posters?. Most are in standard sizes that fit standard frames, but if you see an i...

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Above Second Farmhouse

by Dan Berkeland September 21, 2019

Back in Poly Canyon. Go Mustangs! These are the old stomping grounds of cross country glory. I still make it up into those hills as often as my achilles tendons will let me. This one measures 24"x48" and, YES, it's for sale!

BOOKS I'M READING: 6000 Years of Bread

by Dan Berkeland September 20, 2019

From the moment some Egyptian saw that stinking, stewing mass of bubbling wet flour and decided, “Hey, let’s bake that and eat it!” … to the cult worship of Demeter, goddess of the grain harvest, and her seasonal mourning of her daughter’s finagled relationship with Hades … to Jesus’ peculiar call to “take eat, this is my body” … to the Americas, where civilization flourished around an entirely different grain … to Marie Antoinette’s last ditch effort to “let them eat cake” … to the North’s wheat producing machine during the Civil War … and on and on through 6000 years of science and of mechanization and soil science and war ... ORDER HERE.

CONSUMED with Jaime Lewis: Dan Berkeland

by Dan Berkeland September 19, 2019

I sat down and talked with Jaime Lewis recently for her podcast, CONSUMED. We covered all sorts of things ... childhood, Italy, baking, painting. If you've ever wanted to hear me ramble for an hour, here's your chance!

Click HERE to listen.

Summer afternoon over shooters (2019)

by Dan Berkeland September 12, 2019

I'm a runner. We have different names for these trails. But a cyclist friend put me up to this series of paintings above a trail they call "Shooters". So here's the first Summer afternoon over shooters (2019).

A view of the California Central Coast from the ridge road at the top of Cuesta Grade looking southwest. Those are the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo trails below. The Amtrak winds through here a few times a day. That's Bishop Peak on the left, Chumash Peak in the middle, and Cerro Romauldo on the right. Yes, it's really that pointy.

And, YES! Fine Art Prints are available here: Summer afternoon over shooters (2019).

The Fire Dance (2019)

by Dan Berkeland September 11, 2019

The Fire Dance (2019). This is an image I've returned to over the years as a sort of benchmark image for my progress as a painter. It's a group of kids dancing in concentric circles, though it may be getting harder and harder to see the more I twist and tweek it.

Here's the original I did back in 1997.