Patricia Burns was born in North Wales. After leaving grammar school she commenced a five year apprenticeship in commercial art.
Moving south she held a senior position in a central office of a departmental store producing hand written show cards incorporating silk screen printing.
In the early 1980s she ran her own business designing company logos, screen printing designs for large companies etc. She has also been involved with painting scenery.
She is self taught and totally committed to her art. Moving to Devon she worked at the Dartington Pottery as a decorator. Concentrating on developing her skills as a water colourist she set up her own studio and shared her experiences giving informal workshops. This led to giving demonstrations to local art societies in the South West.
Her work has been represented in many open exhibitions in Devon and Dorset as well as regularly exhibiting in galleries including the Westover and Mayfield Galleries in Bournemouth, The Lighthouse, Poole and the Playhouse, Salisbury. She has sold in Europe, America and Asia. Patricia has won many prizes at various local and national exhibitions.
Patricia’s work is very varied, working in all mediums and her paintings embrace a wide range of subject matter including flowers, still life, landscapes, abstract and figurative paintings. Now living in north Dorset, she has been involved with Dorset Art Weeks for several years. In the meantime she will be exhibiting in open exhibitions and holding workshops.
Having held a brush within her job for many years it comes natural to her to use brushes as if it is a pencil whether it be a very small pointed brush or a large chisel brush. Since retirement she has greatly enjoyed experimenting, using all mediums and has no fear of "mix and match" techniques. She enjoys passing her methods of working and encouraging newcomers not to pencil first, thus filling in as if painting by numbers. It is surprising that so many master this way of starting by using the brush first!