Diane Burns
Picasso's Cousin,
White Rock
Sept 2001 - Oct 2001
 (2001), batik |
Picasso's Cousin, White Rock thru
Sept-Oct - Batik artist Diane Burns must be considered a
painter as much as a textile artist, even though her medium
is hot wax. The details in many of this California artist's
silk pieces are created with hundreds of tiny strokes. She
captures textures from thatch to feathers in a display of
artworks that include wildlife and wilderness. She is best
known for her pictures of birds and mammals. Burns has been
creating batik artworks using themes from the animal kingdom
for 35 years. During the past five years, her images have
been featured in a number of books and magazines.
Animal portraits are composed in traditional pictorial ways,
rather than applied as patterns or motifs as might be
expected of batik art. Working within the confines of
rectangular and square formats that are meant to be hung on
walls, Burns creates strong lighting effects that lend an
additional naturalistic perspective.
Together with Mo Robinson, a singer/songwriter from Ireland,
Burns will be performing songs from her newest CD at a White
Rock venue during the gallery exhibit. For more information,
phone 604-536-0444.
© Mia Johnson