Dormer

Title: Dormer
LC Subject: Painting Architecture--Details Roofs painting (image-making) paintings (visual works)
Creator: Burns, Michael
Description: A view of a sloping roof with windowed dormer of an antiquated building from below, set against a dark, clouded sky. Dormer; Michael Burns; painting; Seattle Watercolorist Mike Burns was educated at the University of Washington and Seattle Pacific College. He worked as an illustrator for The Boeing Company, Cole and Webster Advertising and the Washington National Guard. Burns painted old abandoned farms, schoolhouses and other architectural relics in Eastern Washington and Oregon. Rather than painting in remote locations, he used a camera to capture the structure and its detail. The paintings were done in his studio. In the book 40 Watercolorists and How They Work the artist talks about his work, "I think the distinctive aspect of my paintings is their simplicity, both in composition and subject. I treat each painting as a portrait, with the building being the subject. Only what is absolutely necessary in telling its story is included. In fact, I sometimes find it necessary to eliminate all sky and landscape, leaving the subject floating on a white background." Mike Burns was a member of the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters and the Northwest Watercolor Society. His work has been exhibited extensively and he has won numerous awards regionally and nationally. Source: 40 Watercolorists and How They Work by Susan E. Meyer, Watson- Guptill Publications Mike Burns died in 1991. (biography obtained from http://www.askart.com/AskART/B/mike_burns/mike_burns.aspx --current as of 07/05/07) The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may visit their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
Location: Oregon State Capitol >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 900 Court Street N.E., Salem, Oregon
Award Date: 1976
Identifier: 1976_state_capital_vol-I_10_a01
Item Locator: BUR; 77-32
Accession Number: 1976_state_capital_vol-I_10_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Burns, Michael, 1943 -1991
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 19.75 x 9.75 inches
Material: Painting paint on panel
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1976-78 State Capitol Building Wings (vol. 1), Salem Oregon 1976_state_capital_vol-I
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Color Space: RGB