Driftwood Study

Leo Bersamina

Driftwood Study, 2016

Graphite on paper
11 x 11 inches
Buy It Now: $900
Retail Value $850 / Starting Bid $500
Courtesy of Anglim Gilbert Gallery and the artist
SOLD

This work is based on a study of the artist's wood sculptures.

Leo Bersamina was born in San Francisco, California and grew up predominantly on the coast, just south of the city. Bersamina began studying studio art in Santa Cruz, California. Later he attended San Francisco State University to finish his BA with an emphasis in Studio Art. He then received an MFA in Painting at Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut. Upon graduation from Yale, he lived in New York City. Bersamina later returned to California to teach Studio Art at UC Berkeley.  He also has taught at Yale, Stanford, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa Junior College, and Diablo Valley College (where he currently is a full-time instructor). Bersamina continues to exhibit nationally and internationally, and currently resides just north of San Francisco. Some of the selected collections that feature Bersamina's works include: Banana Republic, Microsoft, Swiss RE Bank, United States Department of State, S.F. General Hospital, JP Morgan Chase, The Oakland Museum, San Francisco Arts Commission, Capital One, and The City of Walnut Creek.