We are all probably looking back to early January, 2020 when the new year was looking bright. The calendar was beginning to fill with engagements. Excitement was in the air – a new decade upon us! It was not long before it turned to a...
There are many reasons the sonobe cube is such a compelling art challenge for me. One, of course, is working with the unusual colors. There are the brilliant colors of Japanese origami paper and unpredictable hues from the “Sunday NY Times”. The other is the...
Attaining visual interest with color and texture is the fun part of working with Hanji, the handmade mulberry paper from Korea. It begins with experimentation and observing how the colors of the various papers play off each other. My fingers get into the action by...
"Quiet City" by PJ Bergin, 2020 I’m writing this on Earth Day. Over the past few weeks, references to the first Earth Day 50 years ago point to how far we’ve come and how we far we still need to go to make significant improvements to...
"Topsy Turvy" by PJ Bergin, 2020 – shown in place What can be said? Over two weeks ago, when I was just beginning this artwork, the title came to me. Little did I know how upside down my life — and everyone's lives — would come to...
