“I shine a light into the areas of life not readily seen. By observing, imagining, drawing and painting, I seek to illuminate, and in so doing, pay homage to my subjects”. Christy Burdock
Burdock's interests lie in observing emerging socio-political ideas as they manifest within society. She shines a dim and gentle light into quiet pockets of life, communicating and reinterpreting contemporary narratives. She is absorbed in observing the political knots and sporadic shoots of psychological intensity emerging through collective consciousness, transported from person to person and group to group, finally creating wider culture.
Research is based in the here and now, current affairs, the impact of religion and politics on society. She has an interest in heritage. She refers to historic painting - Hans Holbein the younger, Lucas Cranach the elder, George Grosz and William Hogarth. Also Roger Scruton, Thomas Sowell and George Orwell.
Her paintings and drawings have won a variety of awards and prizes detailed here.
Burdock's interests lie in observing emerging socio-political ideas as they manifest within society. She shines a dim and gentle light into quiet pockets of life, communicating and reinterpreting contemporary narratives. She is absorbed in observing the political knots and sporadic shoots of psychological intensity emerging through collective consciousness, transported from person to person and group to group, finally creating wider culture.
Research is based in the here and now, current affairs, the impact of religion and politics on society. She has an interest in heritage. She refers to historic painting - Hans Holbein the younger, Lucas Cranach the elder, George Grosz and William Hogarth. Also Roger Scruton, Thomas Sowell and George Orwell.
Her paintings and drawings have won a variety of awards and prizes detailed here.
“Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide” D.W.Winnicott