Lynn Burnes

Artist Bio

Lynn Burnes is a Denver abstract and nonobjective artist who has been painting in oils, acrylics, and mixed media for over 20 years. Her work has been described by others as vibrant, exploratory, colorful, expressionist, geometric, and sometimes Cubist. Her fields of study have included mathematics, philosophy, and science which have inspired her love of space, geometry, and time, revealed in many of her works. She has exhibited in over 40 art shows and galleries in the United States and has received several awards for artistic achievement. She has studied under various artists including Victoria Kwasinski, Joan Fullerton, Joanne Burney (Art Students League of Denver), Pat Dews, and Gretchen Norwalk.

Exhibitions and Shows

  • Red Bluff Art Gallery, Abstract Expressions 2022 and 2023, Corning California
  • 28th Annual Gateway to the Rockies Show, Aurora Artists Guild, November 2023, Aurora Colorado
  • Las Laguna Art Gallery, June 2021 and July 2022, Laguna California
  • Colorado Visions, North Metro Arts Alliance, Westminster, Colorado, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021
  • Foothills Art Center, Members' Show, Golden Colorado 2018
  • 32nd Annual National Fine Art Show, Louisville Art Association, Louisville Colorado 2017
  • 31st Annual National Fine Art Show, Louisville Art Association, Louisville Colorado
  • New Trends, Colorado Watercolor Society, Lafayette Colorado 2016
  • Square Deal Gallery, Denver 2015

Selected Workshops/Classes

  • Joan Fullerton, Exploring Contemporary Mixed Media, Denver Colorado
  • Carol Barnes, Watermedia Workshop, Foothills Art Center, Golden Colorado
  • Ann Blecha and Fran Dudley, Creative Watermedia, Park Hill Art Club Denver
  • Joanne Burney, Color Works, Art Students League, Denver

Artist Statement