tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34879510317985570532024-03-21T21:01:05.024-04:00Michael Burns ArtBlog for Landscape and Wildlife painter Michael Burns, Information about Past and Contemporary Artists, Indiana Art Auctions, Exhibitions, Galleries, Art Medium, and Techniques.Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-77692111337491658182020-12-04T17:04:00.000-05:002020-12-04T17:04:32.916-05:002020 Indiana Heritage Arts 42nd Exhibition and SaleThe annual Indiana Heritage arts exhibition was held from Oct 24 through November 14, 2020, at the Brown County Art Gallery in Nashville, IN. With policies and protocols in place to protect patrons from the spread of Covid-19, the show was a success. Chosen to be this year's judge was Mark Ruschman, Senior Curator of Art and Culture at Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. The year Mark had Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-87534105231322826792020-08-17T16:50:00.008-04:002020-09-05T09:36:58.164-04:00Photo Essay: T. C. Steele State Historic SiteEvery morning, I take off my hat to the beauty of the world.These words must have had special meaning to T. C. Steele because he had them carved in his fireplace mantle by Gustave Baumann. Arguably, the most famous Indiana painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, T.C. Steele noticed the beauty of Brown County in 1906 when scouting for new painting locations. He was amazed at the Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com04220 T C Steele Rd, Nashville, IN 47448, USA39.1342663 -86.345041710.824032463821155 -121.5012917 67.444500136178846 -51.188791699999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-82728725651327478882020-03-01T15:00:00.000-05:002020-03-30T13:15:15.256-04:00The 30 Day Florida Bird Photo Challenge<!-- Blogger Responsive Image Gallery by Georgia Lou Studios, https://georgialoustudios.com -->
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#sidebar-wrapper {Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-29178982546993230352020-02-23T17:11:00.001-05:002020-02-23T17:11:58.083-05:00Imagine Museum of Studio Glass
Located at 191 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, Florida, the 48,000 square foot Imagine Museum exhibits approximately 500 pieces of glass from their 1500 piece collection. The focus of the collection centers around the studio glass movement from the 1960s to the present time. Opening in January of 2018, the museum is the newest edition to the ever-growing and changing art scene in StMichael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-1384389320007500672019-11-18T07:41:00.001-05:002019-11-18T07:51:50.708-05:00Brown County Art Gallery 2019 Collectors Showcase
The 2019 Brown County Art Gallery's Collectors showcase combined a one-person play titled "A Sitting with Marie: sketches, Memories, and a Pot of Tea" and a great selection of paintings by Marie Goth, V. J. Cariani, Carl Graf and Genevieve Goth Graf. The audience assumes the role of a person sitting for a portrait at Marie's studio. Marie, played by Jill Tasker, talks directly to Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-84218861303692300002019-10-17T16:30:00.002-04:002019-10-17T16:30:47.943-04:002019 95th Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition
The Indiana State Museum hosted the 95th Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition from August 2nd to October 2019. Steve Hicks and Derek Penix were selected as the 2019 jurors and had the difficult task of choosing the artists and their works for the exhibition. This year's selection represented 135 artists and 155 works of art, consisting of portraits, still life, abstract, and three-dimensional works Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-77784369980494847842019-10-08T17:44:00.006-04:002019-10-17T15:17:02.301-04:002019 Indiana Heritage Arts 41st Exhibition and Sale
Bill Farnsworth was selected to be the 41st judge of the 2019 Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition. Bill is a graduate of the Ringling School of Arts and Design and has spent his life working as an illustrator and artist. Bill had to narrow down his choices from almost 300 works of art to approximately 100 works juried into the show. According to Bill, "My approach to judging was to make several Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-72680797401836525542019-05-04T11:15:00.000-04:002019-05-04T11:15:40.067-04:00Bloomington City Hall Atrium Art Gallery The Bloomington Indiana City Hall hosts art exhibits throughout the year in the atrium of the building and on display usually for a month. The artist chosen to exhibit are evaluated by a set of criteria and goals stated in the City's Guidelines for Public Art.
Check the Bloomington Government Website for current exhibitions and times
Address:
401 N. Morton St.
Bloomington, Indiana, 47404Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-24836207774303063862019-03-04T18:52:00.000-05:002019-04-04T18:17:50.072-04:00David Bowie and the Modernism Museum
The Modernism Museum located in Mount Dora Florida is dedicated to the Memphis Group founded by Ettore Sottsass in 1980. The Memphis group was comprised of Italian designers and architects and focused on creating bright highly stylized lighting, furniture, glass, and textiles. The group was very unconventional and at times viewed their work as more artistic than functional. Key to their design Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-85969772367660402822019-01-13T21:08:00.000-05:002019-02-05T08:46:47.756-05:00James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art
James Museum of
Western and Wildlife Art
Opening in April 2018 the James Museum of Western Art is the latest addition to the vibrant art scene of St Petersburg Florida. The collection occupies more the 30,000 square feet of space in the renovated downtown building. On display are more than 400 pieces of art including paintings, sculpture, and jewelry selected from over Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0150 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA27.7707801 -82.6347395000000232.2487455999999995 -123.94333350000002 53.2928146 -41.326145500000024tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-68830412226914653832019-01-07T14:06:00.000-05:002019-04-04T18:33:36.456-04:00Carey CloudArtist: C. Carey Cloud
Birth: 1899
Birth City: Whistleville, IN.
Birth County: Grant
Death: November 11th, 1984
Death City: Tuscon Arizona
Burial: Brown County Memorial Park, Nashville, IN.
Married: Vera L. Nickerson
Children: Mary Margaret (1918-1992), Don (1926), Harold C (1921-1960)
2nd Marriage: Bobbie Hill
Artist Summary
Formal Training: Self Taught
Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-53279346385967550812018-12-05T14:39:00.003-05:002020-05-21T18:28:08.977-04:00Glen Cooper HenshawArtist: Glen Cooper Henshaw
Birth: August 8th, 1880
Birth City: Windfall, Indiana
Birth County: Tipton
Death: April 4th, 1946
Death City: Baltimore, MD.
Burial: Elwood Cemetery Elwood, Indiana
Married: Olive M. Galencia on August 24th, 1905
Children: None
2nd Marriage: Carolyn Hastings on December 31st, 1933
2nd Marriage Children: None
Artist Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-44497169607698762232018-12-01T15:25:00.002-05:002019-04-04T18:40:34.900-04:00Otto StarkArtist: Otto Stark
Birth: January 29th, 1859
Birth City: Indianapolis, In.
Birth County: Marion
Death: 1926
Death City: Indianapolis, In.
Burial: Crown Hill Cemetary, Indianapolis, In.
Married: Marie Nitschelm 1886
Children: three
Artist Summary
Formal Training: School of Design University Cinncinatti Oiho, Art Student League New York, Academie Julian Paris
Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-38095850739468008492018-11-18T15:02:00.000-05:002019-10-18T15:48:16.902-04:00Brown County Art Gallery 2018 Collectors Showcase
"Steele and Shulz"
"A Brown County Partnership"
Steele and Shulz
The 2018 Brown County Art Gallery Collector showcase opened on September 14th, 2018. The focus of the exhibition was the partnership between Theodore Clement Steele and Adolph Shulz and their contribution to the establishment of the Brown County Art Colony. Rachel Berenson Perry writes "Two tall, slender men, often Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-59364968527456308512018-11-02T14:15:00.001-04:002018-11-02T14:15:48.075-04:00American Robin and Spring Crocus in Acrylic
American Robin - Acrylic on Paper
The 8" x 10' painting of an American Robin and Spring Crocus was done in acrylic paint on grey toned watercolor paper. I drew the composition on paper then transferred it to watercolor paper mounted on a board. I tried to paint in thin layers to reduce the visibility of any brush stroke. I used Golden acrylic flow release and Golden Gloss Glazing Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-2616703896791667182018-08-17T15:22:00.001-04:002019-10-14T20:16:50.436-04:002018 94th Annual Hoosier Salon ExhibitionThe 2018 Hoosier Salon opened on August 3rd at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mario Andres Robinson and Mark Boedges were selected to judge this year's 658 entries from 257 artists to determine the final selection of 150 works of art.
According to the Hoosier salon website, "The Hoosier Salon legacy began in 1925 when the Daughters of Indiana opened the doors to theMichael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-29762469262821483332018-07-03T15:46:00.000-04:002019-04-05T15:34:34.858-04:00Gouache Study at Selma's Garden
Gouache Study - Selma's Garden
While my wife was attending a dyeing workshop at the T. C. Steele Historic site I decided to paint a gouache field study of the entrance to Selma's garden. The garden was recently restored to what it would have been when Selma created the garden. I intended to only paint a cluster of flowers, but the temperature hit 92, so the only shade tree I could&Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-3586239888750713912018-06-30T18:43:00.000-04:002019-04-05T15:37:25.014-04:002018 Indiana Heritage Arts 40th Exhibition and Sale
The 40th Annual Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition kicked off the summer art season in Nashville, Indiana on June 9th, 2018. This year's judge, Nationally known artist Stapleton Kerns was tasked with determining which artist would compete for prize money totaling $30,000. Approximately 300 paintings were submitted for review with only 100 paintings receiving the stamp of Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-55082482367137047372018-05-26T14:06:00.000-04:002019-04-05T15:41:33.047-04:00How to Paint a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly in Acrylic - Final Session
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Butterfly in Acrylic
Subject: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Apple Blossom
Date: 05/25/2018
Painting Session: Final Session
Medium: Acrylic on Illustration Board
Previous Sessions: Session 1, Session 2, Session 3
I decided to put in the time to finish this painting after almost two months of not working on it. During this painting session, IMichael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-20941623727555117812018-04-12T16:46:00.001-04:002018-04-12T16:46:38.694-04:00Gouache Sketch of Goethe Link Observatory
Spent about 4 hours at the Goeth Link observatory touring the grounds and doing a quick gouache sketch of the observatory.Goethe Link was open to the public to view the building, telescope and the field of daffodils planted by Dr. Goethe Links wife in the 30's and 40's. Dr. Link was a well-known surgeon and built the observatory and 36-inch telescope for his own personal Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-90485364978544318082018-03-31T17:58:00.002-04:002019-04-05T15:46:07.834-04:00How to Paint a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly in Acrylic Session 3
Subject: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Apple Blossom
Date: 03/30/2018
Painting Session: 3
Medium: Acrylic on Illustration Board
Previous Sessions: Session 1, Session 2
This session was dedicated to working on the flowers and the leaves with most of the time spent on the flowers. I made multiple passes on the flowers trying to work in the gradual color variations on the flowers. Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-30876802662922429912018-03-11T18:32:00.001-04:002019-04-05T15:46:52.540-04:00How to Paint a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly in Acrylic Session 2
Tiger Swallowtail Session 2
Subject: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Apple Blossom
Date: 03/10/2018
Painting Session: 2
Medium: Acrylic on Illustration Board
Colors Used: Titanium White, Carbon Black, Lemon Yellow, Brilliant Blue
Previous Sessions: Session 1
I spent this session layering in a mixture of lemon yellow and Titanium White on the butterfly. I also added another layer Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-28057878353090485502018-02-22T14:17:00.001-05:002019-04-05T15:49:14.667-04:00How to Paint a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly in Acrylic
Subject: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Apple Blossoms
Tiger Swallowtail in Acrylic
Date: 02/22/2018
Painting Session: 1
Medium: Acrylic on Illustration Board
Colors Used: Titanium White, Naphthol Red Light, Carbon Black, Quinacridone Magenta, Ultramarine Blue Lemon Yellow.
Initial Drawing
Using a reference photo, I took of a Tiger Swallowtail Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-77699599877859865332018-02-14T16:43:00.000-05:002019-04-05T15:50:30.738-04:00Mail Pouch Barn West of Nashville Indiana
Mail Pouch Barn in Graphite
I have not spent much time working on a full drawing in graphite so as part of expanding my artistic horizons I thought I would try. If you like to draw landscapes, then check out "Smoothie77" on YouTube. He has a lot of good videos on drawing landscapes and is an excellent artist. I tried to use some of the techniques he describes in his videos although my work is Michael A. Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14658698584326513976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487951031798557053.post-16941602773205132432018-01-28T15:01:00.003-05:002019-04-05T15:52:07.489-04:00Society of Western Artists Eighteenth Exhibition 1913 to 1914
List of Indiana Artists and Entries for the Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists
Held at the Art Institute of Chicago from December 30th, 1913 to January 25th, 1914
Martinus Andersen - Indianapolis
A summer day
Mid-day
William Forsyth - Irvington, In.
A castle in Spain
Riding storm
Thunderheads
Laura A. Fry - Lafayette, In.
Iris afternoon light
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