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Toby by Ron Burns
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- Toby
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- Artist:
- Ron Burns
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- B508
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- Open edition
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- © Image Conscious
The Artist: Ron Burns
Ron Burns was born and raised in Ohio, and graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Visual Communications. In 1977, he moved to Los Angeles and into the world of corporate design, working on corporate identity programs and annual reports for clients such as Blue Cross, Dick Clark Productions and Xerox. As a release from the pressures of the business world, Ron began to paint animals he photographed in animal shelters. In 1992, he put his house up for sale and found that many prospective buyers were more interested in the art on his walls than in his house. This was how his career as a fine artist began. Burns’ interpretations of four-legged critters are anything but the expected. He tweaks tradition with his use of bold, overlapping colors and prominent brush stokes to transform otherwise commonplace subject matter. His paintings portray the animals’ distinct personalities. “There’s usually a spark, something in their eyes,” Burns says, “That’s what I try to catch as I paint. I don’t want to show just a colorful dog or cat, but a personality.” He continues to make a point of visiting the local animal shelters while on the road to appear at a showing or to meet with gallery owners. There he photographs homeless animals which later become the subjects of his paintings. Part of the profits from his paintings are then given to the shelter. He only does this with shelters that do not destroy animals. He currently lives in Arizona with his wife and their three dogs and two cats.
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Image Conscious
Now in its twenty-fifth year, Image Conscious is a San Francisco-based publisher and distributor of fine art prints. The continued success of Image Conscious owes much to its awareness of trends in style and decoration, always looking for originality and quality of technique when selecting images to publish. The Image Conscious 2008 catalogue includes a particularly wide selection of photographic and ethnic images but also contains some superb abstract and landscape prints.
