Beverly Barris
Painter based in Ventura County, California, working primarily in oil and acrylic.
Beverly paints landscapes, still life, and commissioned portraits from a home studio, drawing on the coastline and citrus groves of Ventura County as a constant, returning subject. Her work leans into texture - thick, worked passages of paint built up over weeks, then cut back with sharp, quiet detail.
- Based inVentura County, CA
- MediumsOil, acrylic, mixed media
- SubjectsLandscape, still life, portrait
- CommissionsOpen, limited per season
How a painting gets made
Every piece begins away from the easel - a walk along the water, an afternoon in the studio watching light move across a table. Beverly works from these moments in life rather than photographs where she can, building each canvas in layers over several weeks.
Early sessions are loose and fast, blocking in shape and color. Later sessions slow down considerably, as she works back into the surface with a palette knife to build the texture her paintings are known for. A finished piece usually goes through five or six of these sessions before it's ready to leave the studio.
Commissioned work follows the same process, just pointed at a subject you bring her - a portrait, a home, a place that matters to you.
“I paint the same coastline over and over because it never gives me the same light twice.”- Beverly Barris (placeholder)
Commission a custom piece
Portraits, landscapes, or a piece sized for a specific room - Beverly takes on a limited number of commissions each season.
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