David Berk

David Lee Berk is a fine artist from New York, United States, whose passion for the outdoors is expressed in his oil paintings. He spends a great deal of his time in the mountains of NY where he hikes the beautiful Catskill Mountain Range. His appeal is much more about craft, atmosphere, nostalgia and the pleasure of looking at recognizable places. There's something almost journal-like about the work: he encounters a place that interests him, and paints it. David's love of nature is upfront in his paintings. Rather than pushing toward abstraction, he is interested in making the viewer feel that they have visited the place.

David was an Art Major in high school and majored in Archeology in college where he received a Bachelors of Arts degree. Formal training for David was hands on experience working for an art restorer in NYC which offered him the opportunity to work on paintings not only in the shop, but at museums.