Bill Burrows
Bill Burrows
My art practice is a quirky collection of painted glimpses into my childhood, growing up on the ‘working class’streets in Melbourne’s Industrial West in the 1950’s and 60’s.
A landscape that has now all but disappeared with gentrification and development.
“I like to create characters that illustrate tales of archetypal experience. My themes explore the Spiritual journey, metaphor and symbols of sex, fear, loss, grief, anxiety and insecurity.
“My paintings spring from my inner vision, ‘they are sensed as much as seen.
I draw inspiration from reality and mysticism.
My work deals with layers of reality, fusing myth and dream with everyday life.
Ideas of past, present and future are combined
I borrow ideas from books and other photographic sources, found images, my own childhood snapshots and references from art history, film and popular culture are among my starting points.
Through drawing and painting in this way, the layers of paint, together with the marks on the surface, an idea is brought to life on canvas.” says Burrows
I am passionate about is to explore the tension between the layers of paint, and marks on the surface, the magic when an idea is brought to life on canvas.
Solo Exhibitions
1984 – Art Directors Gallery Sydney
1985 – Hogarth Gallery Sydney
2003 – Ho Gallery St Kilda
2005 – Art Melbourne
2006 – Art Melbourne
2007 – Ho Gallery St Kilda
– Art Melbourne
2008 – Ho Gallery St Kilda
2009 – Red Hill Gallery Brisbane
2011 – Greenhill Galleries Adelaide
Group Exhibitions
1983 – Seal Club Melbourne
1984 – Seal Club Melbourne
1991 – Kirkaldy Davies Gallery Melbourne
2003 – Ho Gallery Melbourne
2004 – Ho Gallery Melbourne
2007 – Ho Gallery St Kilda
2008 – Ho Gallery St Kilda
2009 – Ho Gallery St Kilda
– Green Wood Gallery Lorne