Artist Statement

My purpose is to touch and connect with the human soul through my art. When I feel a rapport and harmony during the physical act of creating, I become one with the work.  At this point, I know the truth is being expressed through my heart and soul. 

My art creates itself through me. By surrendering to the process, powerful visions unfold which then can be expressed through paint and sculptural mixed media. My work has been a developmental an experimental process since childhood combining many exciting techniques. Gravitating towards artists such as Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Dali, Turner, Mary Frank and Rodin, I have assimilated these masterful qualities into my own statement.  This is my purpose and contribution.

About Beverly

Beverly Barris is a widely recognized outstanding contemporary master painter and sculptor  whose artwork has secured her a place in Who’s Who of American Women. She has coined her artwork “Conceptu-Wall™ Sculpture” and “Conceptu-Wall™ Paintings” because they express concepts of thoughts and feelings, not literal translations of objects. She presently also paints murals in client’s homes and offices.

A native of New York, presently liviing in Tampa, Florida, she has been an artist all her life. When she was eight years old her parents took her to the Guggenheim Museum in New York and she instantly new that she would be an artist when she grew up.

She receiving the highest art awards in elementary and high school .At age seventeen, she received awards at the New York Greenwich Village Art Show, the prestigous Pen and Brush Society and The Art Students League, NY. Articles have been written about her in The Tampa Tribune, St. Petersburg Times as well as television interviews.

Beverly graduated from Parsons School of Design, NY,  studied at The School of Visual Arts and The Art Students League. She credits her mentor Vincent Capraro, who taught the actor Anthony Quinn, with the  knowledge he imparted about old master secret techniques. She also studied with Daniel Greene and Albert Handell among the many well-known artists from The Art Students League.

Her professional career over 40 years encompassed a diversified spectrum as art director for Brides Magazine and House and Garden, creative product director for Viewmaster-Ideal Toy Co, Tyco Playtime,illustration for magazine and book publications, creating artwork and inventing products for houseware, giftware, clothing, jewelry, toy, novelty and greeting card manufacturers. She has traveled to China working on products she has invented, Her partial client list includes: McDonalds, Walt Disney, Sesame Street, Recycled Paper Co.,Shiseido, Ciba-Geigy, Coca Cola, Prentice Hall, Conde Nast Publishers,Fairchilds Publishers, Avon and Mattel.

Beverly Barris presently teaches painting and drawing privately as well as teaching at the Carrollwood Cultural Art Center.

In 1998 she began paintings and sculpture fulltime. Her work has been shown at prestigous museums and galleries such as the Cork Gallery in Lincoln Center, NY, Bergen Museum of Arts and Sciences, NJ, and the Deland Museum, Fl.  Click here for Beverly's full Resume