Biography

"Born in Brooklyn, NY, 1945 he established a reputation as a representational and abstract-painter in the 1980's, particularly regionalist landscapes represented in his series "Reflective Still Water" in and around northern Westchester NY, Croton-on-Hudson, Peekskill, Hudson Valley Region and New York.

He was raised in Brooklyn, attended The High School of Art & Design in Manhattan and graduated in 1964. He continued his art education at the School of Visual Arts while working as a full time commercial artist in small advertising agencies around New York City. His serious pursuit of painting began in 1970. Simultaneously he was also developing his career as a graphic artist/ book designer/ art director for educational publishers.

Edward Burke's fine art paintings are well represented in private collections and in corporate commissions, as well as publications.

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)
"Studio Painting 1, 2, and 3" (2005 - 2007)
"Drawing and Painting 1, 2, and 3" (2006 - 2007)
Phoenix School of Design (extension of Pratt Institute, NY)
"Editorial Design & Graphics" (1983-1985)

Edward Burke Website

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