About Bernie Ornig
Born in Austria in 1961, now resides in Merredin near Perth Western Australia. Served in the Australian Army with the Corp of Engineers for over seven years. After which he made a career in the construction industry as a site supervisor and a Building technical officer. He left that behind to continue with his passion...Art!!
Bernie is a multiple award-winning artist. He has a genuine passion for art in all forms and began painting with traditional oil on canvas in 2005. He is now also using oils on board pieces no longer limiting his works to canvas.
Bernie has had the privilege of travelling extensively throughout the world, gaining valuable insight into many cultures and their specific art styles. These experiences have enhanced his personal spiritual growth to the point where he is able to show the depths through his paintings evoking emotion and deep thought. Bernie has committed full time to his love of art, starting Bernie’s Art Studio (BAS) and all his research and studies are shown in not only the quality of his pieces but the depth of maturity and passion is evident throughout.
He is humbled and honored in winning the awards he has won so far.
With the development of modern technology, he can now break the past barriers and bring unimaginable images of the universe and portray them onto canvas in his original series “Space Oddities”. Reaching into the yet unknown wonders and grand splendor of our universe Bernie has been able to capture this amazing beauty with its magnificent display of color across its entire spectrum in his work.