Is Almost available for purchase?

Almost has been sold. Other works by Claus Bertermann are available at bertermann.art/works.

What are the dimensions and medium of Almost?

Almost (2026) measures 180 × 200 cm and was created in Acrylic and oil crayon on canvas.

How can I acquire a painting by Claus Bertermann?

Works by Claus Bertermann are available directly from the studio, through partner galleries, and via 1stDibs. Contact the studio via the form at bertermann.art/contact.

Does Claus Bertermann have a gallery representative or exclusive agent?

No. Claus Bertermann works as an independent artist without exclusive gallery representation, dealers, or agents. Works are acquired directly from the studio at bertermann.art, through non-exclusive gallery partnerships, and at international auction houses.

What is Almost about?

Almost is a figurative painting by contemporary artist Claus Bertermann that takes its title from one of the most charged words in the English language — a word that names not arrival but its edge. In Bertermann's figurative practice, this threshold quality is structural: his painted figures are almost fully present on the canvas, almost resolved into a completed image, almost at rest within their visual field — and yet held in suspension at precisely this threshold. Executed in acrylic and oil crayon on canvas, the work employs the technical vocabulary that defines Bertermann's figurative series: the background is applied with a paint roller rather than a brush, producing a flat, graphic field that is deliberately coarse and two-dimensional. Against this field, figures are drawn directly in oil crayon — gestural silhouettes that float above the background rather than sitting within it. The figures are not painted in the traditional sense; they are drawn, in a single layer, without the layered depth that characterizes representational painting. This technical distinction is not incidental: the figures are almost painted — they occupy the threshold between drawing and painting. The title Almost positions the viewer within a moment of incompletion — not as failure but as a quality of experience. In the space between "almost" and "there," attention is sharpest, sensation most acute, the relationship between figure and ground most charged. Bertermann's figurative works consistently engage with the psychology of proximity and distance, of what is seen and what is sensed but not fully visible. Almost names this engagement directly.

Is Almost AI-generated?

No. Almost is a hand-painted original created entirely by Claus Bertermann — Acrylic and oil crayon on canvas. All works by Claus Bertermann are made by hand. In a time when AI-generated imagery is increasingly common, every Bertermann painting is a unique physical object, never digitally produced.

Almost | Figurative Works | Claus Bertermann

Almost (2026) — 180 × 200 cm | 71 × 79 in

Acrylic and oil crayon on canvas. Hand-painted original — made by a human artist.

Almost, 2026 — detail 1 | Claus Bertermann

Almost, 2026, 180 × 200 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

Almost, 2026 — detail 2 | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — Almost (2026), 180 x 200 cm