Vancouver artist Drew Burnham’s fluid lines and vivid colors have made him a top choice for Canadian collectors, who regularly buy out his shows. There’s a new exhibition – Silent Stories – opening today (Feb 22) at Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto. (Above: The Boardwalk Diner, Sullivan Bay)
Burnham paints Canada’s west coast authentically, but with a stylized torque on its grandeur. To me, there’s no more appealing a landscape than one rendered by a contemporary artist creatively advancing the heritage of Canadian landscape painting. (You’ll see many examples on this blog, including Dana Irving, Steve Driscoll,and Ross Penhall, each of them unique.) Above: Low Tide, Thormamby Gap / Below: General Store, North Pender
Drew Burnham trained with Don Jarvis and Toni Onley, and studied architectural rendering as well as Fine Art at the Vancouver School of Art and University of Victoria. Burnham’s paintings are in many private and corporate collections.
Bau-Xi Gallery, here.
Drew Burnham’s page at the gallery, here.
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Just discovered this artist and he’s now at the top of my list, incredible talent
The Pender General store painting stopped me in my tracks. We have a house on the island and pass that location often when we are on Pender. Thank you for “wowing” me!
I so envy you that house. It is such a beautiful part of the world.
I just wish the roads would improve and avalanches would stop so we could get to it!
I really enjoy reading your blog.
Deb
Thanks Deb – very much appreciated. (And wow from me – some day you’ll have to tell us how you manage five kids, photography, painting and a second home on an island!)
You forgot the cabin! LOL! My husband says we’re nomads.
These are incredible, thanks for sharing them!
That’s exactly the right word, isn’t it. These latest works are so stunning.