August Burns

The focus of my life and my work has always been people. I started painting at an early age and the subject that has always captured my imagination is the tiny nuance that makes each person unique. What is that slight shift of line or shadow that creates the recognizable image, that allows the individual to shine through. My process is to paint or draw from life, interviewing my subject and listening to and in some way and capturing their stories through marks on paper or canvas.

My parallel life has been in women’s health, delivering hundreds of babies and caring for women from Vermont to Bolivia to Tanzania. Each child, each woman has their own story, no two faces are alike. My goal is to find that person through portrait and share their story through their gaze.

August Burns studied painting with artist/mentor Charles Nevad in her youth, where she learned the foundation of painting. Since then, she has studied with many of the best contemporary figurative painters, building her skills and honing her art.

Exhibition History
• Sight Unseen, Abend Gallery, Denver CO, Feb 24- March 25, 2017
• Richeson 75 International Figure Portrait 2016 competition and Exhibition, Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI, October 21-Decmeber 3, 2016
• 8th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition and Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehana University,
• Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Oil Painters of America, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH, September 9-October 8th, 2016
• Butler Museum 80th Annual Exhibition, Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown OH, June-August 2016, Allied Artist Award.
• Salmagundi Club 2016 Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY, April 25- May19, 2016
• AWA’s Spring Online Juried Show, American Women Artists, April 2016- April 1017
• Bold Brush Online Exhibition, Finalist, January-February, 2016
• Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 119th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York City, December 2015
• The Fall NOAPS International On-line Juried Exhibition, National Association of Oil and Acrylic Painters, Online Exhibition, Fall, 2016
• More Than Meets the Eye—Portraits and Figures by August Burns (solo show), Axel’s Gallery, Waterbury, VT, September-No...