Ma Burton

Art has always been my life. I was encouraged at an early age by having my works accepted for the annual
• Junior Exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Art on 3 occasions.
I continued in my now chosen career by attending The Chelsea College of Art. Not long after graduating, I became a teacher. Working in London. Later I moved to take up a post for Hampshire County Council and again to East Sussex Council.
During these years I had g works accepted for The Royal Academy's Summer exhibitions. I also had works exhibited in both the Brussels Exhibition and the Edinburgh Festival. In addition to being accepted at many, more local Venues.
When we moved the France I regularly exhibited in my then local town, Gorron and the larger venue at Ernee. Winning a number of prizes, the most treasured of which, was a miniature bronze head by Louis Debre. I also exhibited in a variety of venues in Western France.
Over the years I have worked in a wide range of media, each to suit the chosen subject: which have ranged from portraits to landscapes by ways of fragments of my imagination I now work almost exclusively in Tempera which I find to be the most versatile of medium; permitting me a scope, from fine detail to broad landscapes. Applied in many ve...

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