Solo Art Show for Pat Burns

Posted on | February 3, 2010 | Comments Off

Pat was featured in the February 1, 2010 edition of THE SOUTHSIDE ARTS AGENDA, an e-magazine for art in Georgia. The following is the posting from the magazine.

This month we are pleased to introduce the art of Pat Burns. Pat resides in Forsyth, just south of Barnesville where she is a member of Lamar Arts, one of the ‘Southern Crescent’ art organizations.

In describing her art she says, “I’m changing. My art is changing. Always a lover of animals and nature, they will continue to be prime targets for my creative expression. But more and more I’m intrigued by ’slice of life’ venues. Perhaps it simply took a lot of living to really notice the nuances of living.

Not grandiose, not glorified… simple, honest.

Not dark not negative… sometimes tongue-in-cheek, always upward.

And juxtapositions…Organic shapes against strong geometrics. Saturated color against muted neutrals. Bright light against strong shadows.

There is beauty in the everyday. Our ability to see it and share it forms a human connection that is, at once, timely and ageless.”

Pat’s artwork has been collected over much of the US, with a few meandering into Europe and Australia. She started out with multiple local awards in high school in her home state of Georgia, garnering a Governor’s Honors live-in program one summer at Wesleyan College, afterwards entering Berry College on a full-tuition scholarship in art. “I took time to raise a family and be active in my husband’s business while continuing to learn through occasional workshops, through artist peer groups and by amassing a huge art library.” Moving over twenty-five times, she still managed to get artwork into the public eye. Now that the children are grown and she has “retired from the family business”, the last eighteen months have been spent full time on her passion with a backlog of ideas and images flowing into existence. Not only does Pat paint in acrylics and oils, she also enjoys sculpting in concrete… “a hold-over from being involved for so many years in the construction industry”.

Pat has a Solo Show coming up:
Opening Reception
April 27, 2010
9-9 PM
Art on the Avenue
2322 Ingleside Ave, Macon.
Call (478) 743-3720 for more information