Stillness at Dusk Emily Berger the patterns

the patterns

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

This acrylic painting on linen is one of a series of 10 that the artist developed from a painting that incorporated a photograph she took of a flatbed truck used for transporting cars

that processes are at work

and the interrelationships between forces and elements in the physical world

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