Nuevo Santander Gallery
Fine Art  - Antiques  - Old West Collectibles

717 North Main Street  ¤  McAllen TX  78501
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"Yellowhead with Fruit"  $1950  Oil  16" X 20"
©2008 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 


"Papaya"  $1100  Oil  11" X 14"
©2008 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 


"Still Life for a Ballerina"  $1400  Oil  12" X 16"
©2008 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED



"September"  $2200  Oil  18" X 24"
©2008 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED



"In Praise of Peaches"  $1100  Oil  11" X 14"  
©2008 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 



"The Music Room"   $2200   Oil   24" x 20"
©2007 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 


"Jelly Bean Express"   $1200  Oil  9" X 15"
©2007 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 


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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT

PAINTED PORTRAITS 
BY BERRY FRITZ


"Andean Madonna"  $1400  Oil  12" X 16"
©2008 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

BERRY FRITZ

     Berry was born on the Isle of Wight, England but is a long time resident of 
McAllen, Texas. She has taken courses at the City of London School of 
Art and the University of Texas Pan American as well as workshops
with Zoltan Szabo, William Earle, Dick Turner, and Charles Baugh. 
     Berry has been accepted in juried shows nationwide, most notably 
in the National Oil and Acrylic Painters exhibition, where she won 
Best of Show in 1995.
She was awarded signature membership in the Oil Painters of 
America in 1999, having been accepted in their annual  national exhibitions for the 
last six years.  In their 1998 competition, she won the Permalba Award for 
Excellence.  She has also earned Fellowship status in the American Artists' 
Professional League.
    She  won Best of Show or First in Oils at several area and regional juried 
competitions, as well as earning numerous secondary prizes and purchase 
awards both locally and nationally.  Berry's works are included in the
collections of The McAllen International Museum, 
The World Trade Center in New Orleans, The University of Texas 
Pan American, The Edinburg
Public Library, The Harlingen Public Library, and The Bosque County
Conservatory of Fine Art.  She has had illustrated instructional articles
published in The Artists' Magazine and American Artist.  Berry's specialty
is lushly rendered still lifes, character studies, and portraits - all done in the classical tradition.

 


 
"The Happy Highlander"  $750  Oil  8" X 10"
©2008 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED



"Tea with Cherries"  $1450  Oil  14" X 18" 
©2008 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED



"Cream Carnations"   $1100  Oil  11" X 14"
©2008 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED



"Tamborine"   $1900  Oil  20" X 24"
©2008 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


 

BERRY FRITZ
ARTIST'S STATEMENT

     An art teacher once said to me " all art should disturb."  I was young and inexperienced at the time and didn't argue with him, but his admonition dismayed me because even during my teens I have rarely had an inclination to deliberately disturb people in the course of my daily life, let alone through my art.  After reflection I decided that I was more comfortable soothing, uplifting, or at least reassuring people with art that is grounded in reality and that the disturbing stuff should be left to the nightly news and artists with more driven concerns.
     I therefore chose a quieter path, which offered equal or even greater technical challenges.  I do not regret my choice at that fork in the road for I have found immense satisfaction exploring the form and color of flowers or the varying textures and shapes of the bric-a-brac that is heaped on the shelves of my studio.
     I have been particularly influenced by the Flemish and Dutch traditions of still life and interior scenes.  Although I used to reveal in exotic subjects, such as Arabian coffee pots and incense burners, or Chinese ceramics and lacquer, these days I find myself moving closer to home, with rugged old coffee pots, Mexican ollas and old dolls touched by the passage of time.  Fruit has been an increasing interest lately.  An apple, for example, is not just anther round fruit.  As a meticulous painter I love exploring the color and sheen of different apples, like the shiny solid yellow of Golden Delicious or the crimson and scarlet striations that make the Mackintosh so alluring.
     My particular inspirations in art history have been Velasquez, Vermeer, Rembrandt and Sargent.  I am also awed by several artists of today - Joan Potter, Cary Ennis, John Morra and David Leffel among others.

 


"Lotus Bowl"   $700    Oil    8" X 10"
©2007 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED    

 


"
Flowers for Mary"   $1900   Oil   18" x 20"
©2007 Berry Fritz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED