Bert Beirne American (20/21st Century) Still Life with Quimper & Peaches oil on panel Signed lower right. Biography from the Archives of AskArt: "A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Bert Received a BFA degree from the University of Cincinnati. She has lived in the Atlanta area since 1968 (Studio in Flowery Branch, GA) and is a co-founder of the Dunwoody Fine Arts Association. From her beginnings as a painter of marine subjects, she developed an interest in the styles of the Flemish painters, and has studied with artists in Scottsdale, Taos, and Raleigh. She is also a member of the National Association of Independent Artists. Bert chooses her subjects from a variety of materials and textures--Madeira lace, Persian rugs, metal , porcelain, glass, fruit, leather, wood, shellfish, sheet music. Bert's oil paintings have won top awards in numerous regional and national shows and are included in private and corporate collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Germany, Puerto Rico, and Japan. A few of these collections are the following: Arthur Andersen and Company, Bank of America, Isabel Anderson Comer Museum, King and Spalding, Sun Bank, Price Edwards and Company." 5 5/8"H x 11 5/8"W, 9 3/4"H x 15 3/4"W (frame)