Patrice Burkhardt

ARTIST STATEMENT:

I find myself reaching back to simpler times for artistic inspiration and ancestral curiosity. I began to collect vintage black and white photography, dating from the 1890's to the 1950's as inspiration for my paintings. To be part of my collection a photo needs to have a soulful appeal -compelling, yet, timeless in its depiction of life. It is important that the faces and candid moments frozen in time have a strong universal familiarity. No matter how interesting and different the clothes, hairstyles, architecture, apparent lifestyles, transportation and interior design appear -there must be this underlying familiarity.

I often find color too enticing to the eye, overriding all my sensibilities. When color is eliminated great images and natural compositions jump out more easily. The black and whiteness of the photos frees me to consider the element of color separately.

Although my collection only contains photographs of total strangers which rarely include any information concerning the subject matter, by the end of the painting process I feel as if I know this person or group of people intimately. Perhaps it is my sensitivity or intuition as an artist or maybe my many years as a teacher that helps reve...

EDUCATION

Academy of Art University - San Francisco, CA, USA

ArtStudy/Giverny, Giverny, France July 1998

M.Ed : Education, 1985
University of Florida - Gainesville, FL, USA

B.F.A : Drawing and Painting, 1977
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA, USA

EXHIBITIONS

JURIED MEMBER SHOWS WITH FLORIDA ARTISTS GROUP:

2021 Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Florida
2020 Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, Florida *
2019 Ringling College of Art and Design, Basch & Smith Galleries, Sarasota
2018 The Webber Gallery - College of Central Florida
2017 Coral Springs Museum of Art
2016 Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs
2014 St. Augustine Art Association
2014 Alliance of the Arts, Ft. Myers
2013 Le Moyne Center for Visual Arts, Tallahassee
2012 Ringling College of Art and Design, Selby Gallery, Sarasota
2011 Cornell Museum, Del Ray Beach
2011 Maitland Art & History Museum
2010 Big Arts Center, Sanibel Island
2009 Leepa Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs
2009 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach
2007 Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences
2006 Ridge Art Association Gallery, Winter Haven
2006 Cornell Museum, Del Ray Beach
2005 Boca Raton Museum of Art
2005 Florida Gulf Coast University Art Gallery, Ft. Myers
2004 Gulf Coast Museum of Art...