Meet Abstract Artist Kerry A. Burch

I abstract painter and mixed-media artist originally from Adams, Massachusetts  —  a  small  town in the northwest corner of beautiful Berkshire County.  I studied science at Williams College and Duke University, but art history and studio art classes provided an outlet for the right-side of my brain.  I have been practicing and honing my craft through classes, artist  workshops, and with art guilds in Virginia and North Carolina.  I am thrilled to announce that I recently moved my studio to the Golden Belt Campus in Durham, North Carolina.  I am very excited to be a Golden Belt Artist, and part of a community of talented artists!

I have great appreciation for design and aesthetics, and my art is a direct reflection of what I observe in nature and in urban environments.  As an abstract artist that paints intuitively, I value the freedom to deviate from realism.  There are variable levels and types of abstraction in my work: some times the inspiration is recognizable, and at other times inspiration evolves into its own creation.  For me, abstraction removes the constraints of what something is "supposed" to look like and enables me to experiment with any of a number of variable such as composition, texture, and mark-making.  The mindset I take and the flexibility to not make everything so precious is what helps me to arrive at unique interpretations of the original inspiration.  

In addition to abstraction, I use of color is a unifying element across my portfolio. My brain is wired for color, and I am not afraid to use a variety of bright and bold colors.  I paint primarily with fast-drying acrylics and use glazing to build both texture and pleasing depths of color and contrast on the canvas.  The use of both hard-edging and painterly method techniques in my work has been influenced by artists that work with bold color palettes, including contemporary artist Jane Filer from North Carolina, Sonia Delaunay, a Ukrainian-born, French artist from the 1930s, and by Sol LeWitt's brightly colored geometrics and wall drawings.