Michael Burns Art

T. C. 100th Studio Birthday Cake The T. C. Steele State Historic site celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Steele's building the dream studio in 1916. The studio which is the large barn studio on the grounds of the historic site provided the artist with gallery space and large north-facing windows creating ideal indoor lighting for the artist. As part of the celebration, storyteller Lou Ann Homan presented a story based on Steele's life. Lou Ann told a 60-minute story from the perspective of the three women in the artist's life, his first wife Libby, daughter Daisy and his second wife, Selma. The large crowd in the studio was captivated by Lou Ann's ability to make you feel as if you heard the story directly from the women. The focus of the story was the love the women had for Steele and their undying support in helping him further his career and become the most well know of the Indiana artists of his time. It was was an hour well spent for those who are intere...

T. C. Steele House On Saturday, May 15, 2010, the T.C. Steele State Historic Site hosted its 11th Annual Festival of Flowers Paint out in Brown County, Indiana, and was open to artists of all ages, both Amateur and Professional. The entry fee for adults was $10.00 and $5.00 for Children with pre-registration required for the event. Categories for entry were Adult-Oil,   Adult-Acrylic, Adult-Watercolor, Adult-Drawing, Adult-Mixed Media, Adult Garden Art, Child 12 and under any media and Teen 13 to 18 any media. Ribbons were awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd along with an honorable mention in each category. Also, a  People's Choice ribbon was awarded based on popular vote from attendees at the event. All first-place winners have their paintings hanging in T. C. Steele’s studio for one month after the paint out.  As in the past, there was a line of artists waiting to have their canvases stamped when the gates opened at 7:00 am ET.  After going through the registration v...

A Gathering of Painters Celebrating the Past Painting Guest Cottage This year I decided to paint in the 18th annual festival of flowers Plein Air Paint Out that took place on May 20th. It has been a while since I painted in a T. C. Steele paint out but always enjoyed participating. I believe the forecast of rain put a damper on the number of artists participating and visitors that attended. Checking in about 8:30, I was anxious to find a subject to paint since there was rain in the forecast. I decided to paint the cottage used by guest artists throughout the year. I set up and was able to get in about 1 1/12 hours of painting time before it started raining. I picked up my easel and went to the car and sat for about 30 minutes. The rain slowed, so I decided to get out of the car and paint under the liftgate doing this several times as the rained came down in varying degrees of intensity until it was time to turn in the painting for judging at 2:00. Guest Cottage Of ...