TENNESSEE VALLEY, MARIN COUNTY

Road to the beach at Tennessee Valley, Marin County, California. Deborah Bertola was born in Marin County (1936-present). In 1997 she left a corporate career in strategic planning to work as a full time painter. Her studio is at the ICB in Sausalito where she participates in the ICB Artist’s Association and the Sausalito Artist’s at Work. Her teachers have included Chester Arnold, Paul Bridenbaugh, Stanley Goldstein, Randall Sexton and Barry McCuan. Her private and group events include: the NIOCON Designer Show Chicago; Sausalito Women’s Clubs Salon, 2001 and 2005; MarinScapes (Kentfield, CA); the Redding Museum of Art and History; The Design Show – Las Vegas; the Bolinas Museum and SFMOMA Artist’s Gallery. She has exhibited in galleries in California, New Mexico, Oregon, and Tennessee.
Artist’s Statement
“I began as a traditional plein air painter and continue with my great love of this genre. My strength and natural gift is in my use of color and I find this talent most satisfying and always evolving. I also have a lifelong love of nature, and have become an astute observer. I have painted plein air all over the Bay Area and also in Mexico, New Mexico, Italy, and France. Reflecting on what connects these works made over the last 18 years, I think it is my personal take on color that is always present. And interestingly, this is the one thing about my art and craft that I did not have to learn from others.