Artist's Statement

As an artist I have an opportunity to share with others what God has given me to enjoy. I want the viewer to experience various levels of light and dark and to understand that it is the darks of life that make the light of life so bright. I hope that they will recognize that in all light or darkness there is One who is in control,. just as the artist controls the placement of lights and darks in a painting. I have been interested in the seas, bays, rivers and the vessels that sail on them since I was a young boy. As an artist, I am challenged, to express the motion of vessels under sail moving through the water.. I would describe my work as representational. I am not interested in a realism that requires the inclusion of every detail. I want the viewer to feel the motion and see with their imagination more detail than is really present. Realizing the limitation of working on a two dimensional surface, I want color and action to excite the viewer’s imagination to feel that he or she is aboard the ship or work boat.

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About the Artist

Jack Wiberg was born in Wilmington Delaware. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware, Bethel Theological Seminary in St. Paul Minnesota and holds a graduate degree from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. As a child he attended art classes at the Delaware Art Center. There he came in contact with the works of Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth and Frank Schoonover, who became his boyhood heroes. Mr. Wiberg studied privately with H. Sylva Fernandes of New Bedford Massachusetts, who taught at Boston University and the Swain School of Art. He has attended workshops with Charles Vickery, James Iams, as well as Dennis Pannett and Roger Dellar both from Great Britain . Most recently, Mr. Wiberg has conducted workshops for the Bethany Beach Watercolor Society and the Milford Delaware Art Association.  In 2009 Mr Wiberg had a painting in The Mid- Atlantic region show of the American Society of Marine Artists. Prior to this he showed work the Internation Society of Marine Painters show on the West Coast and the Coos Bay annual Marine exhibit.  He recently had a watercolor painting accepted in the Delaware Watercolor Societies show in the Biggs Museum of American Art. In March of 2005, His work was exhibited in the Gallery of Grace Church in Wilmington Delaware. In 2003 he had a solo show at the Peninsula Gallery in Lewes Delaware. In 2001 he was featured in a solo show at the Gallery on the Green Rehoboth Beach Delaware. In the spring of 1999, Mr. Wiberg exhibited watercolor paintings in the Ventures Gallery of the Rehoboth Art League. In the fall of 2000, he was featured in a dual show “Artists At Sea” in the Artworks Gallery of New Bedford Massachusetts. He has exhibited in outdoor shows in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland and Delaware. He has participated in Maritime Art shows in St Michaels Maryland and Charleston South Carolina. He has also participated in a number of local events over the years. He has also been featured in shows in Somerset Massachusetts and at Bristol Community College in Fall River Massachusetts. Mr. Wiberg has won a number of awards, over the years, including first prize for his watercolor of “The Victory Chimes’ at the Ward Museum of Wildfowl exhibit “Nanticoke Tradition Post Cards from the River.” Mr. Wiberg’s paintings have been exhibited in national shows of the International Society of Marine Painters including  online shows. He has also had paintings exhibited in regional shows of the American Society of Marine Artists. Among his many commissions, he painted the H.M.S Bounty for the Chamber of Commerce of Fall River Massachusetts. His Painting of the Kalmar Nyckel was featured on the cover of the Lewes Delaware Chamber of Commerce Visitors Guide to events and activities in 2000.In the Fall of 2004 his painting ”We Have an Anchor” was featured at the U.S. Coast Guard Lightship Sailors Reunion. He is a Coast Guard Artist and was recently listed in Beach Life Magazine as a collectable artist. Mr. Wiberg is a professional member of the International Society of Marine Painters. He is member of the American Society of Marine Artist and a past member of the Board of Directors as well as a past Mid-Atlantic representative for the Society. He is also a Coast Guard Artist. He is a member of the Rehoboth Art League, The Delaware Watercolor Society The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art and is listed in the Delaware Division of the Arts Roster of Artist Mr. Wiberg is represented by the Step above Gallery in Berlin Maryland, the Peninsula Gallery, the Rehoboth Art League and Art Exchange. His work is in Museums and private collections across the United States.