click for larger image Come Fly With Me

In 1974 a northern Illinois snowstorm caused Burt Bestler to cancel enrollment in an oil painting class and enter one in watercolor offered closer to home. This whim of nature embarked him on a “love affair” with

watercolor, which has continued to grow and has constantly amazed him with its own whims and challenges.

Two years after his introduction, he began exhibiting, demonstrating and teaching watercolor. Since then, he has been in more juried shows than he can recall and has demonstrated for art groups and societies throughout the mid-west and southeast. He has taught at the Eastern Shore Art School in Fairhope, Alabama and at the Clearing in Ellison Bay, Florida. He has also conducted many workshops for Washington Island Art Association and other groups.

“Birches, boats and barns, fields, hills, sky and sea, all have been woven into the style and mood of my paintings. I paint for the sheer joy of it and my ‘love affair’ continues. That you for taking this time to share it with me.”

Current Gallery Association

Frogtown Framing & Gallery - Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
The Art & Nature Center - Washington Island, Wisconsin
Crescent Beach Art Gallery - Crescent Beach, Florida

Home studio and gallery - Saint Augustine, Florida.