patricia burns

Patricia Burns was born in North Wales.
After leaving grammar school she commenced a five year apprenticeship in
commercial art.

Moving south she held a senior position in a central office
of a departmental store producing hand written show cards incorporating silk
screen printing.

In the early 1980s she ran her own business designing
company logos, screen printing designs for large companies etc. She has also
been involved with painting scenery.

She is self taught and totally committed to her art. Moving
to Devon she worked at the Dartington Pottery
as a decorator. Concentrating on developing her skills as a water colourist she
set up her own studio and shared her experiences giving informal workshops.
This led to giving demonstrations to local art societies in the South West.

Her work has been represented in many open exhibitions in
Devon and Dorset as well as regularly exhibiting in galleries including the
Westover and Mayfield Galleries in Bournemouth, as well as Salisbury
Playhouse. She has sold in Europe, America
and Asia. Patricia has won many prizes at
various local and national exhibitions.

Best known for her colourful
flowers and still life. She has been a member of the Society of Floral Painters
for the past eleven years.

Patricia’s work is very varied, working in all mediums and
her paintings embrace a wide range of subject matter including flowers, still
life, landscapes, abstract and
figurative paintings. Now living in
north Dorset, she is involved with Dorset Art
Weeks and her studio was open in 2012 and will be again in 2014. In the
meantime she will be exhibiting in open exhibitions and holding workshops for
art societies.

Having held a brush within my job for many years it comes natural
to me to use my brushes as if it is a pencil whether it be a very small pointed
brush or a large chisel brush. Since retirement I have greatly enjoyed
experimenting, using all mediums and have no fear of “mix and match”
techniques. I enjoy passing my methods
of working and encouraging newcomers not to pencil first, thus filling in as if
painting by numbers. It is surprising that so many master this way of starting
by using brush first!