{"id":71,"date":"2017-01-20T19:22:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2020-03-10T01:25:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T01:25:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/John-Burns-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Artist Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I paint fleeting moments of great beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light changes.<br>The colors and shapes change,<br>and I change\u2014<br>moved to action,<br>moved to capture that beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I create art so that people can share the joy and gratitude I experience being present at such moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I invite you to have your own experience of beauty so transitory, yet so universal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Burns is a nationally-recognized lettering artist, having created the logotypes for the Ruffles, Sara Lee, and Baby Ruth brands, among others. Painting is the latest embodiment of his creative expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In second grade, John was excused from the normal classroom activities to create a broadside for the classroom. Since then, he has always preferred the arts to anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He received his BFA in Graphic Design from Carnegie-Mellon University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John started painting landscapes when he lived in northern California. There, he was inspired by the glow of the golden hills in the late afternoons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John, and his wife Caryl, moved to the Big Island of Hawaii in 2007. There, he sought out the Hawaiian subject matter that most stirred his heart. A chance encounter with backlit bromeliads (plants in the pineapple family) opened up to John a whole new world of Hawaiian nature in close-up\u2014dynamic compositions of organic shapes, colors radically changed by sunlight and shadow, great boldness juxtaposed with alluring subtlety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, John and Caryl divide their time between Northern California, and the Kona side of the Big Island, inspired by the beauty of these two extraordinary places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see John’s lettering work at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnburnslettering.com\">www.johnburnslettering.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Statement I paint fleeting moments of great beauty. The light changes.The colors and shapes change,and I change\u2014moved to action,moved to capture that beauty. I create art so that people … <\/p>\n<div> <span class=\"clearfix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/about\/\" class=\"more-link entry__more-link float-left\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text sr-only\"> About: ABOUT <\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"mbm-layout":"2c-l","masonry_gallery_enable_secondary_view":true,"masonry_gallery_secondary_view":"slider","masonry_gallery_default_view":"masonry","masonry_gallery_slider_enable_slideshow":true,"masonry_gallery_slider_slideshow_delay":2,"masonry_gallery_slider_transition_effect":"fade","footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","entry--71","entry--type-page","entry--status-publish","entry--author-jb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":540,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnburnsfineart.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}