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Design and Managed by Studio25N
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Edward
Burke's
paintings evolve from three sources: direct observation of the external world, the mind's eye, and his id-subconscious. Direct observation is the most easily understood and forms
the basis for most representational art. The mindŐs eye is the store of observed images which each of us collects
throughout our lives. Works using this source will have recognizable images or symbols but will distort and manipulate them into new visual experiences. Finally, paintings from the id strive to completely shut down the
first two sources and rely totally on the stimuli from the subconscious coupled to an aesthetic reaction to the marks and forms accumulating on the canvas. This source generates visceral and spontaneous abstract paintings that grow organically with little reference to the external
world — either observed or remembered. Edward
A. Burke Artist-Statement 02/24/2008
His three
major bodies of work: Reflective Still Water 1982-1985 this period of work
began as small representational landscape paintings of the shorelines of ponds,
using oils on watercolor paper. The work progressed to
large-scale impressionistic paintings capturing tranquil energy
of textures and movements of the water as air passes
over the surface. Expressions from the Id 1983-1992 are a purely subconscious
process. An initial brushstroke or color shape is the geniuses, then
an intuitive response to that action begins. The content and composition
begin to grow as the painting takes on a life of its own. It is purely
an instinctive drive, response after response, until the work is completed.
The Studio1995 - 2005 is a body of paintings including several
still-life subjects and room interior motifs. The viewer is able to
observe solid objects along with lines and forms of other objects that
are normally obscured from view. These intersecting lines and forms,
along with the use of abstract color, provide another level of composition.
These paintings are about his Mt. Airy studio in Croton New York. Teaching
Westchester Community College (Peekskill Arts Workshop)
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