PAINTINGS

ABSTRACTION : Painting and Works on Paper

H.Burr 'EverybodyTown', Acrylic, found cotton, batting, foam, wood, 14.5 X 11.5”, $1200

An upholstered, small vertical painting with an ochre upper third and a thick white lower two thirds. Rounded edges and a marshmallowy appearance, soft and rounded.

H.Burr, Untitled (Ochre Pour), Acrylic on upholstered wood support, 10 x 8.25", $1100

'Nuthatch', Acrylic, found cotton, batting, foam, wood 8.5 X 8.5 x 2.5” SOLD

H.Burr, 'Bull’s Eye Slurry', Acrylic, found cotton, batting, foam, wood, 21 X 20”, $2200

H.Burr, Untitled This painting is upholstered, a muted light light gray with a splash of vibrant yellow in the bottom corner. There's a spot of white in the upper right corner. The edges are soft, like the back of an upholstered chair. (yellow/gray), Acrylic on upholstered wood, 20.5 x 16", 2019, $2055

H.Burr, Untitled (yellow/gray), Acrylic on upholstered wood, 20.5 x 16", $2055

This is a smaller upholstered painting with soft edges, a thicker textured look of poured paint, a layer of swishy teal green at the top left edge, and middle lower area, a high contrast black in the lower right edge, and a khaki beige covering the lower front. Lots of texture and layers, and a big open space of creamy white in the upper middle and all along the right edge. H.Burr, Untitled (Black and Tan Pour), Mixed media acrylic, 15.5 x 12", 2016, $1390

H.Burr, Untitled (Black and Tan Pour), Mixed media acrylic, 15.5 x 12", $1495

A medium vertical orientation pour with a red corner. A taupey, white covers the rest. It's a soft edged field of grayish off-white with a crisp clear line of bright red in the bottom corner.

H.Burr, Untitled (red corner), Acrylic, cotton, batting, wood, 16.5 x 12 x 2", $1595

One form in the upper right, deep blue oval pouring off the right edge, in a mocha brown oval with one blue drip down the bottom left of the soft-edged painting.

H.Burr, Untitled (God's eye), Acrylic on upholstered wood, 10.25 x 8.25 x 2", $1100

I have been making these soft, pillowy pours for about eighteen years. The process continues to delight and scare me, which is why I keep making them!

These paintings are upholstered, like one might upholster a chair. The base is wood and foam, with batting, found cotton fabrics, and acrylic poured as the final layer. On a rare occasion, the first pour produces a perfect final work in one go. Usually, however, things go sideways and I’m faced with a complete unanticipated mess with little control over the result. That’s both the scary part, and the part that delights me.

In general with this series I avoid visible hand marks, so the material can speak directly for itself. Gravity, chemical reaction, and factors like humidity and temperature have a big influence on the final texture and composition of each painting.
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