Jean Burman

Blocks Blanks and Barriers

Jean Burman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:55:58 +0000

Universal Artist Calendars (now available) at Red Bubble Pen & Watercolour Copyright 2009 Jean Burman I first heard about tapping back in April this year. I was trying to find help for someone who had an overwhelming fear of spiders. The ad read… “Cure your phobia in 1 hour or your money back”. I was sceptical… [...]

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Unique and Unrepeatable

Jean Burman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:41:54 +0000

Pen & Watercolour Copyright 2009 Jean Burman A human being is a single being. Unique and Unrepeatable - John Paul II Why then do we allow ourselves to get so lost in the crowd? Why are we so often content to fall “lockstep” in with the mob? So happy not to rock the boat? Or question the status quo? I think it happens [...]

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The Simple Life

Jean Burman — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:50 +0000

Greeting Cards [Available Soon] Copyright 2009 Jean Burman “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” – Leonardo da Vinci Leo was right. Simple is always better. In everything. It’s a great CODE to live by! So why is it so darned hard to achieve? I don’t know. Do you? But it seems to me… [in Art at...

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PROOF – Blog Action Day 2009 – Climate Change

Jean Burman — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:42:10 +0000

Cartoon Pen & Watercolour 8″x12″ Copyright 2009 Jean Burman “For those who believe… no proof is necessary For those who don’t believe… no proof is possible” - Eyes of the Beholder So where does this leave us in the Climate Change Debate? Precisely nowhere. But that’s okay because… either...

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Memories Are Made of This

Jean Burman — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:39:38 +0000

Palm Cove looking North to Double Island & Scouts Hat – my birthday 2009 Today was my birthday. Can you even imagine a more perfect day on which to have a birthday? I took this photograph around 10am this morning right after I arrived out at Palm Cove. I couldn’t wait to set up my art [...]

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Goodness Grace(ious)

Jean Burman — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:20:08 +0000

“Reflections of Paradise” SOLD 1/2 sheet Watercolour Diptych Copyright 2009 Jean Burman Grace is the human quality we all hope to have when life delivers us [inevitably as it will] into circumstances for which we might previously have thought we would be unprepared and unable to cope. It almost always comes as a huge surprise...

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Duplicity

Jean Burman — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:35:50 +0000

“Duplicity” 1/2 sheet Watercolour Diptych Copyright 2009 Jean Burman I am not altogether sure what’s going on with me lately… but recent paintings have a distinct duality to them! I think it all began with the decision to paint diptych’s in vertical format… and from there well… you can see for yourself...

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From This Day Forward

Jean Burman — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:45:31 +0000

“From This Day Forward” Watercolour [with saved whites] 1/2 sheet Copyright 2009 Jean Burman From this day forward. It’s a lot to promise isn’t it? That’s… forever… and how can anyone possibly promise forever? Forever is a very long time. But the funny thing is… people do it all the time! ...

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Another Postcard from the Reef

Jean Burman — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:47:52 +0000

Reef Girl 2 1/2 sheet Watercolour on 640gsm Arches Copyright 2009 Jean Burman Okay… as promised… here is Reef Girl 2. This painting swam away a couple of times and for a short while was lost at sea. But just when I thought I’d have to start over… there it was… washed up in the shallows all along. [...]

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Beyond the Reef

Jean Burman — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:57:30 +0000

Reef Girl 1 Watercolour 1/2 sheet Copyright 2009 Jean Burman This week… in what can only be described as a series of seriously serendipitous circumstances… I became Artist in Residence at the Sebel Reef House & Spa in idyllic Palm Cove. This entails painting there three days a week and so far the experience has been hugely...

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