Bailey Burns

I have always been very viisual and my early interest in alternative music, tattoos, graphic novels definitely influenced me.
My early work was more surreal, with figures/forms growing into each other or landscapes. I used watercolours for a time too, and found this helpful when creating works with lots of detail. I also started designing major arcana tarot cards as I was studying psychology and art therapy and had always been fascinated by Carl Jung and his idea of archetypes and collective unconscious.
However my work in last decade has been experimenting with expressionism and abstract art which has developed through varying styles such as folk art, abstract primitivism and street art.
My favourite artists are Basquiat for his use of writing and symbols in his work. Pollack and Brasner for creating art that is more about the process. I love to paint fast energetic designs with bright colours and then lots of contrasting shades. I have begun to use a technique where I move paint with a squeegee to create interesting effects.
Other artists that have influenced me are Karel Appell, Jimmy Ernst, Willem and Elaine de Cooning, Van Gogh, Jean Mitchell, All have inspired me to build up layers of texture and depth, sometimes scratchi...

I had always been passionate in all things art. As a child I use to draw endless faces and give them names and stories as if they were friends.
I studied art at College of Furter Education before moving permanently to London. I lived a fairly alternative lifestyle, but travelled to USA a lot and was influenced by Psychic Youth/ Modern Primitive/Music scene at the time.
I worked for the record label Rough Trade, meeting people in bands and started to get into graphic design comics like Sandman and Nemesis and did a lot of pen and ink comic style art.
Then I began creating designs for clothing. I drew my ideas at this time from folk/ Pop Art , graffiti.
I then started studying art and design at The Camden Institute in London and I have continued with art classes including Art Therapy which I have used in my work as a Complementary Therapist and Social worker.