'Wane Wax West'
'Taste of Sight Series' 2005
Artists
Arthur Giardelli
Brendan Burns
Carol Hiles
Christine Kinsey
Chris Shurrock
Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Dennis Gardner
Dilys Jackson
Emrys Williams
Glyn Jones
Harvey Hood
John Selway
Martyn Jones
Peter Seabourne
Peter Spriggs
Robert Harding
Robert Alwyn Hughes
Sue Hunt
Sue Williams
Tom Piper
Antonia Spowers
Richard Renshaw
Ken Elias
brendan.burns@ntlworld.com
'The Taste of Sight' as a concept has acted as a catalyst for my most recent works. Paint and its physical qualities alongside the process of painting itself are integral. The sensations and contemplative emotions experienced on the shoreline have an immense hold over me, these paintings strive to 'touch' you, they are about being human, they are about being alive in the world. The synaesthetic experience and response to the process at work within the tidal reaches, help to define the 'spiritual' within my paintings.
These paintings are contemplative, it is important to give them time. The concept of space, both actual and pictorial; implications of time and place; issues within movement, weather and light; alongside gesture, glimpse and memory are requisite themes within these works. The constant struggle and dialogue with the abstract and the figurative, empathise with the process of nature found within both microcosm and macrocosm.
Drawing has played a more important role recently, the delicate and subtle played alongside the textural and fluidity of paint and wax, help accentuate 'sensation and visual-touch'
or the 'Taste of Sight'.
Brendan Burns.
Brendan Stuart Burns studied at both Cardiff College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art London. He won the Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1993 and 1998 and the Welsh Artist of the Year competition in 2000 and 2003. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally including America, France, Belgium, Australia and Spain. He has had a solo exhibition at the National Museum and Galleries of Wales, Penarth and has been included in group exhibitions at the National Museum and Gallery Cardiff. His work is held in numerous private and public collections including The National Museum and Galleries of Wales (Derek Williams Trust), the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, A Fundacion Casa Museo "A Solaina" de Pilono, Spain, the University of Glamorgan and the Celtic Manor Resort. He is a co-founder of 'Yspryd/Spirit, Painting Wales'.