| portfolio charity burnett SIGN GUESTBOOK charity@charityburnett.com Phone: 805.351.3558 Resume Lives in Southern California. Education 2005 University of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California. Multimedia Studies. 1994 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California. Bachelor of Fine Art and Illustration. 1990 College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. Visual Arts, Humanities. Exhibitions Group, Solo, and Open Studios 2004 Brewery Artwalk, Open Studio at Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California. 2003 Brewery Artwalk, Open Studio at Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California. 2002 Zone 9: (W)52 POP-UP Gallery, hosted by Kimmy McCann. 2002 Time & Place, Curator: Theresia Rosa Kleeman. Lebec, California. 2001 Holiday Show. Ruth Bachofner Gallery in Santa Monica, California. 2001 MMM! Solo show. Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, California. 2001 Small Works. AndLAB, Brewery, Los Angeles, California. 2001 All About Abstraction. Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California. Juror: Roland Reiss. 1999 International Encaustic Biennial. Watermark Cargo Gallery. Catskills, New York. Juror: Judy Pfaff. 1998 Delights and Extras, Art Center alternative space, Pasadena, California. Curatorial Project. 1998 Carnival. Purple Gallery, Venice, California. 1995 The Best You Ever Ate, Roark, Downtown Los Angeles, California. 1995 Group Show. Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California. Bibliography print and internet media 2002 Shannon Brent, Updated News, Artkrush, online publication, Boston/New York, Oct. 25. 2002 Theresia Kleeman, ‘A Poke in the Eye or The Next Closest Thing’, Time & Place, Lebec, California. 2001 Peter Frank, 'Recommended List of Exhibitions', LA Weekly, Los Angeles, California, May 25. 1999 Laura Moriarty, 'Encaustic Works 99', catalog published by R&F Handmade Paints, New York. Awards/Scholarships 1991 Parsons School of Design, New York, New York. 1991 Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, California. 1991 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California. 1991Southern California Institute of the Arts, Laguna Beach, California. 1987 Capital Arts Program, Washington D.C. |
| Statement revised 7.29.06 As a girl, I was mesmerized by Dairy Queen’s chocolaty landscape commercials. It is no wonder then, while living on Hostess Cupcakes at Art Center, my paint began to look like marbleized ice cream and cake frosting. I stir the paint in party cups. The syrupy enamel is then slow poured on paper. As the brush looses its reserve of paint, the stroke becomes heavy and lethargic. Spontaneity is short lived. I like to experiment with perceived flavors such as banana crème zigzags, orange scallops, green apple swirls, wild cherry rings, black raspberry dashes, and lemon lime loops. As imagery comes to fruition, associations abound. There are imaginary foodstuffs, quirky gizmos, sherbet planets and flying saucers, fluffy treetops, hats topped with cherries, lopsided mounds, bells, rockets, and bows. Line work is developed out of a love for gestural figure drawing, skating on smoothed ice, or the gabled roof lines of old gingerbread homes in Eureka, California. In 1993 there were two exhibitions which heavily influenced my work...The Layered Look at Jan Baum and Tim Ebner' encaustics at Rosamund Felsen. |
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| Box Cake. Acrylic enamel on paper. 2004. H14" x W11" |
| Solid DarkTruffle. Acrylic enamel on paper. 2004. H11" x W14". |
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| LicoriceMoon Truffle. Acrylic enamel on paper. H11" x W14". |
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| Candy Corn. Acrylic enamel on paper. H11" x W14". |