“My work is not abstract in a formal sense but it has enjoyed a relationship with ambiguity; it is concerned with inner emotion and the sensed experience of the viewer; it is about the contemplative experience of self-reflection. All my work has endeavored to present the clarity, yet simultaneous abstraction of a ‘peripheral’ experience: the afterimage burnt onto the retina, something which is both precise yet ambiguous, fixed yet transitory, permanent yet ephemeral.
I aspire to celebrate nature’s ability to seep absorbed light, almost as liquid colour when dusk sets. These works ‘represent’ that connection with our natural world, the most simple and fundamental of human experiences: they give one time to breath. The sculptural encounter with the painting engenders the consistent underlying melodic whisper of the spiritual that has developed in my work.
To breathe in memory, thought, serenity, time and contemplation. When I ask myself once again, what is the point of making? What does my work do? The point is quite simply to create a work, which allows thought itself to breathe.”
- Brendan Burns
Brendan Stuart Burns was born in 1963; he currently lives and works in Cardiff He studied Fine Art at Cardiff College of Art (1981 – 1985), and undertook a postgraduate in painting at The Slade School of Art, University College London (1985 – 1987) Burns has exhibited both Nationally and Internationally, including America, France, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and Spain
His work is held in numerous private and public collections including The National Museum & Galleries of Wales, The Derek Williams Trust, The Contemporary Art Society of Wales, Contemporary Art Society of Britain (Tom Bendhem Bequest), America, Australia, China, Holland, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand and The United Arab Emirates.
Opposite: On a Golden Autumn Day (Detail), oil and wax on linen, 150 x 260 cm
Dimensions: 200 x 130 cm
£21,600
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Jisei (Self-Reflection)
Oil and wax on linen
Dimensions: 140 x 170 cm
£21,600
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On a Golden Autumn Day
Oil and wax on linen
Diptych
Total diptych dimensions: 150 x 260 cm
Each panel: 150 x 130 cm
Price for the diptych: £36,000
This painting is available for purchase as a diptych or as individual paintings priced at £18,000 each – see images of individual paintings on pages 14 & 15
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On a Golden Autumn Day
Total dimensions: 150 x 260 cm
On a Golden Autumn Day (Left hand panel) - 150 x 130 cm
£18,000
On a Golden Autumn Day (Right hand panel) - 150 x 130 cm
£18,000
Oil and wax on linen
Dimensions: 100 x 80 cm
Presented in a bespoke, hand finished tray frame
£9,500
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Dimensions: 100 x 80 cm
Presented in a bespoke, hand finished tray frame
£9,500
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Rapture III
Dimensions: 100 x 80 cm
Presented in a bespoke, hand finished tray frame
£9,500
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Oil and wax on linen
Dimensions: 150 x 170 cm
£21,000
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Oil and wax on linen
Dimensions: 160 x 160 cm
£22,200
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Dimensions: 85 x 85 cm
Presented in a bespoke, hand finished tray frame
£9,000
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Tender – Point Lobos Lichen
Oil and wax on linen
Total diptych dimensions: 150 x 240 cm
Each panel: 150 x 120 cm
Price for the diptych: £36,000
This painting is available for purchase as a diptych or as individual paintings priced at £18,000 each – see images of individual paintings on pages 32 & 33
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Tender – Point Lobos
Total dimensions:
150 x 240 cm
Blush Oil and wax on linen
Dimensions: 130 x 200 cm
£21,000
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Oil and wax on linen
Dimensions: 95 x 120 cm
Presented in a bespoke, hand finished tray frame
£10,500
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Oil and wax on linen
Dimensions: 130 x 160 cm
£21,000
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So Near
Oil and wax on linen
Diptych
Total diptych dimensions: 150 x 240 cm
Each panel: 150 x 120 cm
Price for the diptych: £36,000
This painting is available for purchase as a diptych or as individual paintings priced at £18,000 each – see images of individual paintings on pages 44 & 45
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Total dimensions: 150 x 240 cm
So Near (Left hand panel) - 150 x 120 cm £18,000
So Near (Right hand panel) - 150 x 120 cm £18,000
WORKS IN OIL ON LINEN
Brendan Stuart Burns’ collection of works in oil are available for acquisition on receipt of this catalogue
Artworks are shown unframed in this catalogue but a bespoke framing option is available. Please contact the gallery for examples.
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