Scott Burdick studied
at the American Academy of Art, Chicago,
in the mid-1980's and began painting with Richard Schmid in informal
sessions at the Palette & Chisel Club. "Since I had
just finished art school, my work at the time tended to look
very academic," says Burdick. "Watching Richard work,
I began to understand how to set up a still life,
a model, or a room in
a more artistic way so that it makes the statement I want it
to make."
I really do experiment a lot.
Right now, I really feel
that a lot of what I've been doing up to this point has been
more learning, and now I really want to start painting some things
I've had in mind for a long time [that have] more of a story
to them. That's some-thing I've always wanted to do. I dod really
think that in portraits or landscapes -- in simpler paintings
with just one person -- you can get just as much of a story.
But I want to get even more of that into portraits.
[When I] try to put that
together with the technical aspects of painting is when, to me,
I get a successful painting -- technical as well as getting the
stroy across. I feel now I'm starting to get to the paoint where
I'm able to
[tell those stories] because when you're in school, just drawing
something accurately, and getting the right color [are your goals].
It's like writing: You've got to learn grammar and spelling before
you can really express yourself.
"Waterhouse, Sorolla,
Sargent, N.C. Wyeth, Richard Schmid, are some of my favorites.
There's many more. My walls are just filled with prints and post
cards and things from magazines of artists I like."
Burdick lives in North
Carolina.
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