Linwood K. (Lin) Berry
lin@semillero.org

 Artist's Statement

"I am just thinking out loud. Some people keep a journal, some jog, some see a shrink. I paint. Like you, I’m trying to navigate the noise and chaos of life in the twenty first century. My paintings flow out of my observations, questions and doubts about the path we’re on. These are seasoned by my interest in theology, philosophy and my own life experience. Generally I strive for a free flowing, semi abstract (or semi figuarative) style of painting."

Brief Biography

Linwood K. (Lin) Berry Lin was born in 1951 in Norfolk, Virginia. He comes from an artistic family. His great grandfather Linwood Berry was a maker of figureheads for sailing ships in the late 19th Century. His son, Lin’s grandfather, was the accomplished watercolorist Bert Berry. Lin’s father Ken played jazz saxophone and his uncle Bert Berry Jr. is a nationally recognized master builder of dulcimers and other musical instruments.

After receiving his BA in Thelogy and Intercultural Studies from Columbia International University,Lin and his wife Nancy moved to Spain where they have lived for more than 20 years. In recent years they have gradually been spending more time in their stateside home in Kill Devil Hills, NC. They have 2 adult children, Sarah and David.

Lin began painting as a teenager, often spending time in his grandfather’s studio. He works mainly in oil, acrylic and pastels. Mostly self taught, he studied pastel painting in Paris with Jean-Pierre Mérat, president of the Société des Pastellistes de France and drawing at the venerable Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (Spain). He has also studied abstract painting with Marsha Staiger at the Art League of Alexandria, Va. Lin’s work is found in many collections in the USA, Europe, Hong Kong and South America.

Recent Exhibitions:

April 10-May 5 2008, Homage: The Faces of Genius, Síntesis Gallery, Toledo, Spain
February-March 2008, A Dissonant Society, Studio Gallery 21, Pantoja, Spain
July 5-31 2007, A Dissonant Landscape, Síntesis Gallery; Toledo Spain
February 2007, Frank Stick Memorial Show, Nags Head; NC June-November 2006, Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, NC
May 2006: Molly Fearing Show, Manteo, NC
April-May 2006: Red Rabbit Gallery, Elizabeth City, NC
November 2005: Cooperative show, Rincón del Arte, Granada, Spain
October 2005: Plein Air Competition, Toledo Spain September-October 2005: Síntesis Gallery, Toledo, Spain
May 2005: Cooperative show, Síntesis Gallery; Toledo, Spain