Barbara Burns
In Barbara’s paintings, there is often a sense of the buried or concealed ancient landscape, bursting through in places to give rise to rusty oranges, reds and blacks
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The experience of exploring landscapes inspires Barbara’s painting —the dramatic west coast of Ireland, Snowdonia, the Cornish and Jurassic Coasts. Closer to home, many walks taken on the South Downs continue to inform her work. The gathered memories promote an intuitive response in the studio. Working in oils with glazes allows her to build the paintings over several months, selecting and eliminating forms and textures.
In Barbara’s paintings, there is often a sense of the buried or concealed ancient landscape, bursting through in places to give rise to rusty oranges, reds and blacks – the ‘black butter’, as described by poet Seamus Heaney. -
Barbara Burns completed a BA Fine Art degree at Brighton University in 1996. Since then, she has sold at the major London Art Fairs: Affordable Art Fair, Battersea and Hampstead, and London Art Fair. Her work has been exhibited in galleries across the UK.
This current body of work has been inspired by what lies beneath two landscapes that she walks and knows well: the chalk of the South Downs and the granite of the Lizard Peninsula.
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