About Us
Practically from birth, Charles had always been an artist. Youngest of eight siblings, he discovered the entertainment value of art when he brought home the drawings he made in kindergarten of his family which were met with much laughter. As a kid, he wrote and drew his own comic book stories, which garnered some attention around the home and from his neighborhood friends. But it wasn’t just attention he was seeking, he sought expression. From there, he produced single drawing compositions using mix medium, and by his late teens, was airbrushing jackets and motorcycle tanks. Common requests were for album cover reproductions where he often had to employ photorealism. Other times he airbrushed dragons and things of his own imagination. By the late nineties, he went back to college
to learn digital art which utilized the latest computer technologies,
including
programs like Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress. In the
early 2000s, he was also producing web sites and using Flash
animation. He worked in a school for special children for seven
years as the entire art department that produced their web site,
newsletters, ads, brochures, letterhead, and some fifteen giant
murals around the state-of-the-art facilities. To help raise
money for
the school he also produced Journal ad books and advertisements
for their gala fundraising events attended by the well-to-do,
celebrities and
politicians. In 2007, he published his first novel which is still available on Amazon.com to this day. To find it, one has to type into its search engine under books: “Dream Walker by Charles Berton” for it to appear, as there are a lot of books with similar titles. His next book, to be released shortly, will have a more unique title making it easier to find. A fascination for the mysterious things that science can’t explain, which remind people that there must be something more than what we commonly see before us, this is the thread that seems to run through all his work. In the mean time, The Artist’s Pad is the base of operations for Charles, which now includes art classes and Creative Writing Group meets. Stay in touch with The Artist’s Pad in order to keep up with what's new and what’s coming next with Charles Berton, because you just never know! To find out about my book Dream Walker, please click here.
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Charles
Berton created The
Artist's Pad to be a launching pad
for art, vision and new young talent. A base of operations
with a comfortable
homey
feel to serve as an art studio, classroom and meeting place
for those who aspire to greater things.
