Nicholas Bergery’s photographs contain more than meets the eye in a single glance. He is moved by the juxtaposition of the physical earth and metaphysical sky and clouds. From up in the clouds, and down to earth, these images search for paradise hidden in panoramic landscapes or tropical gardens. The show includes photographic digital impressions and abstractions of Caribbean clouds in Key West and Miami Beach. French-born Nicholas Bergery considers himself a digital impressionist. The fusion of photography and digital imaging enables him to create hybrid art that goes beyond the reproduction of reality to evoke emotions by means of a personal transformation of representational images. He is a colorist; colors are the private language that he uses to create impressions of representational images for others to share. Calling upon his past experience with drawing, painting, collage, photography and photochemical retouching, he applies these traditional techniques in the digital domain. Specializing in tropical nature and urban nightlife, Bergery is inspired by Caribbean clouds, vivid parrots, and tropical flowers as well as by exotic people, Fantasy Fest and Halloween parades. Starting with photographic images, he paints and enriches both these worlds in dense, hybrid paintings with strong colors and small strokes. He works out of his studio, Digital Classics, on Ashe Street in Key West.
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