{"title":"Colleen Burns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"max-height: 300px; max-width:55%\" src=\"https:\/\/helloart-prod-bucket.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/artist\/colleen-burns\/colleen-burns-profile.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCV\r\u003cbr\u003eEducation\r\u003cbr\u003eBFA 1985\r\u003cbr\u003eThe School of the Museum of Fine Arts\/Tufts University, Boston, MA\r\u003cbr\u003eAdditional Studies 1979-1982\r\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI\r\u003cbr\u003eCarnegie-Mellon University,\r\u003cbr\u003ePittsburgh, PA\r\u003cbr\u003eThe Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eShows\r\u003cbr\u003eSummer Open Juried Exhibition\r\u003cbr\u003eWest Portal Gallery - August 28 - October 1, 2026\r\u003cbr\u003eSan Francisco, CA\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eCALeidescope: Evolving Reflections of California\r\u003cbr\u003eBedford Gallery- July 11 - September 13, 2026\r\u003cbr\u003eWalnut Creek, CA\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eEast Bay Abstract Painters\r\u003cbr\u003eMoraga Library - July 2026\r\u003cbr\u003e1500 St Marys Rd, Moraga, CA\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eInnovations\r\u003cbr\u003eStudio 55 - July\/August 2025\r\u003cbr\u003e55 Howe Road, Martinez, CA\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eVisions Unseen: The Art of Abstraction, \r\u003cbr\u003eWalnut Creek Civic Library - October 2024\r\u003cbr\u003eWalnut Creek, CA\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eContemporary Abstraction, \r\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Perlmutter Gallery, March 2019\r\u003cbr\u003eLafayette, CA\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eGroup Show - Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery\r\u003cbr\u003eJune 2019, San Ramon, Ca\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eMysteries From The Trail - Solo Exhibition\r\u003cbr\u003ediPietro Todd Salon - May 2019\r\u003cbr\u003e1919 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eGroup Show: Toad Fish Gallery - June - August 2018\r\u003cbr\u003e686 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eAffiliations:\r\u003cbr\u003eContra Costa Plein Air Group\r\u003cbr\u003eWalnut Creek Civic Arts Association\r\u003cbr\u003eLamorinda Arts Alliance\r\u003cbr\u003eEast Bay Abstract Painters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eARTIST’S STATEMENT\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy paintings start before I reach the studio. I take a visual inventory during my daily walks in Walnut Creek California. I observe the light of the changing seasons. I am inspired by the seasonal color combinations of the trees, the sky, and of the budding flowers. Once in the studio, I draw from these experiences and paint from memory. I approach each canvas with a sense of rebellion - against rules, convention, and predictability. What remains is risk taking, energy, and courage. For these reasons, I am naturally an abstract expressionist painter. The act of painting itself is the art for me. To let go and to get into the zone allows for a successful painting. The consistency of the paint - specifically applying thick strong brushstrokes in order to make acrylic paint appear similar to oil paint is my goal. Color is used boldly and deliberately. Composition evolves with the painting. I often work rapidly. I do not attempt to copy the natural world, only to express it - to create something new from my subconscious. My practice of Transcendental Meditation allows me to access this part of myself by diving deeper into my creativity. It has become an essential part of my art practice as well as my life as a whole. \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eMy early art training from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., to my studies at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI., then earning my B.F.A. degree from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, have all shaped me as a fine artist. I have shown my work in galleries in the East Bay \r\u003cbr\u003eand Sausalito. \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eWith each new season, a new series is created, bringing excitement and fulfillment as I see my growth as an artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/helloart.com\/fr\/collections\/colleen-burns.oembed","provider":"helloart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}