Judging the Arizona High School Art Competition...

I recently had the esteemed privilege and honor of being 1 of 4 judges for Rep. David Schweikert's 2011 Congressional High School Art Competition for district 5 in the state of Arizona!

The purpose of the competition is to showcase the talent of the state's high school artists. An event will be held this Saturday, April 30th to announce the winning piece which will be displayed at the United States Capital campus along with other winning pieces from around the country for one year. Full details on the event may be found below...

When: Saturday, April 30th at 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Where: Arizona Historical Society Museum in Papago Park
(1300 N. College Ave Tempe, 85281)

See the piece below which I was "pawticularly" drawn to because it reminded me of Roy Speaks!

Elizabeth Taylor Remembered

It is with a heavy heart that I say good-bye to Elizabeth Taylor. She had a big heart and I feel honored to have worked with her – I will always remember her for that gift. As with many of my works, I try and do something good with them for charity. And, so was the case with the commission I did for her of her beloved canine companion, “Sugar”. Upon completing the painting, Elizabeth and I agreed to create a series of limited editions and have her and I sign them, donating a percentage of sales to Whispering Hope Ranch, an organization for special needs kids and animals. This camp is a wonderful place where kids and animals share in a healing and loving experience. May Elizabeth and Sugar be together again – our thoughts are with both of you.

Valentine's Day Special

Valentine's Day - It's not to late to make it a Red-Hot Burns day! We think we are creative and we will do whatever we can to make it special for you and your sweetheart!! Check it out and see if you have any other ideas for us to help?

...20 Year Retrospective Continued...

Over the next year I plan on blogging images and tid-bits not included on our website about the past 20 year retrospective. Like this shot - a little longer than 20 years ago - of Buff and me at prom our junior year in high school. When you got a good thing - hold on to it!

20 Years of Painting Dogs

20 years is a long time...

Did you know we didn't have digital cameras back then? We had to shoot negative film and cross our fingers that the image would turn out. The color - OMG - may luck prevail. And, dates were not automatically put on your file as they are today in the computer age. So when you go back and look at color prints - you find yourself asking, "when in the h@#! did I take that shot?????

My 20 Year Retrospective is underway and will be on our site soon - as a work in progress....

Burns Holiday Art for Sweeden!

The editor for Hundis, a dog rescue association in Sweden is using this image:

Big Dog Goes to TEXAS!

I just had several new pieces sent to Houston for a gallery exhibit that will run from December 8 thru January 7th - and as they say - everything is bigger in Texas. This little big guy, Ernie, is 48" x 48".