“Nature Day” 4ft square painting by Laurie Berger. Inspired by summer weekends in nature and the desire to release inhibitions.
One of three paintings I created for group exhibition in East Hollywood in August 2025.
48” x 48”, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas.
Currently available for purchase.
6ft tall abstract color field painting by Laurie Berger. Inspired by summer weekends in nature and the desire to release inhibitions. For this painting, I channeled the bright shock and frigid bliss of entering a cold pool of ice melt in the California mountains.
One of three paintings I created for group exhibition in East Hollywood in August 2025.
4ft wide x 6ft wall, acrylic on canvas.
Currently available for purchase.
“Dichotomy” abstract expressionist painting by Laurie Berger.
Painted to bring vibrant color and a little chaos to its otherwise very pleasant intended space, I used large brushstrokes and energetic mark making to represent opposing forces — a sort of yin yang struggle.
Acrylic on raw, unprimed, hand-stretched canvas, 48”×48” , 2025
My second mural commission for x2o Studio, this time a 27ft wide mural for their second Bay Area location in Danville, California.
This mural was intended to feel like a sister to the first mural in their Los Gatos studio — inspired by the same energy and sentiment of physical progress, but with a new color palette and composition, which includes an abstract pumping heart.
We view the x2o Studio murals as an extension of their brand — the mural creates an uplifting mood for their pilates classes IRL and also features as an identifying visual in their social media.
A video detailing the mural painting process can be viewed on my Instagram.
6 ft tall abstract color field painting on canvas by Laurie Berger.
Inspired by the warm, earthy, romanticized color palette of California nature.
6 ft x 4 ft, Acrylic on canvas
Painted to represent a fantasy.
Abstract painting on upcycled, faded vintage tapestry by Laurie Berger depicting champagne and oysters, imagining it for the future dining room of my dreams.
Painted while anxiously waiting to see if our accepted offer on an old fixer upper house would be confirmed in probate court, where it would be open to competing bids by developers. At the time of painting, we were moving out of our apartment. Luckily, after a six month roller coaster of emotions, we got the house! I spent much of the following 10 months restoring and making habitable this grand old home in Los Angeles, where it now hangs. A perfect pairing, the tapestry and house — two old, once-glamorous souls, dusty and long ignored, brought back to life and loved again.
Acrylic and oil pastel on upcycled faded vintage tapestry
6 ft wide abstract color field painting by Laurie Berger.
Channeling a calm formalism with a more restrained palette than I usually allow myself, the color is there when you look for it, within the brush strokes from mixing up neutrals (see detail photos).
6ft wide x 4ft tall, Acrylic on canvas
Abstract painting commission for private residence in Tiburon, California.
The Smith family was looking for a special painting for over the fireplace of their newly re-designed Marin home overlooking the bay. They contacted me after seeing my large color field painting behind reception at Newmark’s San Francisco office and wanted something with a similar feel and aesthetic at custom dimensions.
16 in. wide x 20 in. tall abstract expressionist painting on raw, unprimed canvas by Laurie Berger signed on wooden frame.
Featured in a 2025 commercial for ChatGPT.
Featured in a “Noonan Artists” group show at Daily Driver in San Francisco
Abstract painting by Laurie Berger. Inspired by intense longing for an unavailable ideal.
12” wide x 16” tall, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas.
Currently available for purchase.
20 ft. wide mural art commission for boutique fitness studio x2o Studio in Los Gatos, California spanning a large wall, door and even a little ceiling.
Evocative of water, movement, goal progression and the euphoria of a great workout, the mural encompasses the main wall, reflects in the mirror for a 40 ft.+ impression and is visible from the street, providing the contemporary space with bold, layered color and an uplifting composition tracking alongside their clients’ progress.
“Wild Nasturtiums” 6 ft. wide abstract flower painting by Laurie Berger.
Gestural oil pastel drawings of nasturtium flowers inspired by community gardening and the unfurling joy of sprawling wild plants. Invasive but welcomed, even desired.
Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 6ft x 4ft
Large scale abstract painting on canvas by Laurie Berger.
Acquired by Newmark for behind the front desk of their new San Francisco headquarters.
Paint on canvas, 6ft x 4ft
Abstract flower painting commission for private residence in Morgan Hill, California.
The Anthony-Grunbaum family was looking for a painting with restrained palette for their new home and requested that the painting somehow incorporate “5”, to represent their family. I created a color palette based on their living room environment, and after determining that they liked my Wild Nasturtiums painting and preferred blended brushstrokes, I created an adaptation of this floral painting with five abstract flowers — two representing the parents, and three representing their young children. The aim was for a loving representation of their family, with some drips, abstraction, and the restrained palette keeping the painting complex, layered, and interesting.
Small sunflower still life painting by Laurie Berger.
8” wide x 10” tall, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas.
Currently available for purchase.
“Forest Animal, Framed” painting by Laurie Berger. Inspired by summer weekends in nature and the desire to release inhibitions.
One of three paintings I created for group exhibition in East Hollywood in August 2025.
31” x 43” including frame, acrylic and oil pastel on raw canvas with vintage carved wood frame.
Currently available for purchase.
Abstract painting on canvas with wax encaustic finish by Laurie Berger. Inspired by Mark Rothko paintings and the Pacific Ocean on a foggy day.
Acrylic and wax encaustic on canvas, 30” x 40”
Featured in “Noonan Artists” group show at Daily Driver in San Francisco.
Painted during wildfire evacuation in January 2025, while sitting on the beach looking at the sunset, bright over dark clouds of smoke, processing my emotions.
Watercolor, art marker, sand and oil pastel on paper
Abstract psychedelic landscape painting by Laurie Berger.
Acrylic on wood, 9”x12”
Currently available for sale
Selected for curated art exhibition, “Vehicles of Concern,” at Your Mood Gallery in San Francisco
Selected for group show at Daily Driver in San Francisco
A personal painting of my beloved spotty doggy, our rescue pup Dakota, lounging casually on our kitchen rug.
Ribbon winner of a juried exhibition at Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California.
Custom pet portraits available, please inquire for details.
Acrylic on canvas, 30”x40”, 2022
Abstract California desert landscape painting by Laurie Berger.
Inspired by time spent watching the sky in Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree.
Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 24” x 36”
Abstract painting and etching on canvas by Laurie Berger.
A process of covering a colorful painting in white paint and etching at the wet paint, resulting in textural minimalism.
20” x 30”, acrylic on canvas
6 ft. tall abstract color field painting on canvas by Laurie Berger.
Acquired by a private collector for her Silver Lake, Los Angeles home.
Acrylic on canvas, 6ft x 4ft
