20 - Fi A Rovember 27, 1998 -

“North Shore News

NEWS photo Terry Palers

DREW Burnham paints one in a series of works ‘depicting scenes along Highway
No, 1. His urban landscapes are currently on view at Humbersion Edwards gallery.

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A dozen years ago, critics:
didn’t much care for the
crazy colours and friendly
forms of Drew Burnham's
oil paintings.

Today theyre tn cage.

“Art is fashion ta a degree”
says the Alvear old Sovran
area artis. “You we through
trends.”

The Vanconver Att Gallery.
which basa dew Burnin ii ats
wt rental program, can hardly
keep thent in stock. They regularly rent 1

corporiic clients like de Hongkong Bank of
Cangdivior public display.

OF the two dagen canvases currently on
eshibit at Ambleside’s Humberstou Edwards
Fine Art gallery, more than a third have sald
since the shew upenc de dast week

froact, the show hasbeen such a popular
draw that gallery qwater David Edwards bas
extended isc to Dee. 3.

“Thevreevtremely well crafted and
extremely reasonably priced” Edwards cays
of bis cient’s calourtul canvases. He's beet’
selling Burnham's work sinve ‘S81

“DY probably shoulda't sav this. ccntides

Kadwards, “bur people think thes [re tremen,
fonete under priced. Thev're very good
value be theyre big, thee re beautital ... aad
thev're cheap. ~

Burnhan's large eanvibes £38073, most’

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urban Lindseapes, sellin the
83400 range, less than half one
woud expect to pay fora sinlar-
Iwostvedd work by another Nord
Shore painter, Wear Van's aitra-
hat Ross Penhall,

Comparisons to Penhall are rile:
sav beth batwards and: Burnham,
C asia abservers have been known
taconfuse there, works, even
though dhe two arusts are rept
sented in Vancoriver by separate
waleries Penhall by Buschlen
Mawatt and Barnkars by faw-Ni
and exhibit distinct differences in their work:

Thats why a sear ato, when Burnhany
and Fdweards were organizing the show, they
decided te exilit several of Burnhany’ s
sworks tram: the mid SOs) torelear up some:
afthe contusion, thes say. fo show the
continidty and to make ic elear he's not a
ighany cone. hitely” Says hawards,

“You can sce the evolution of the
shapes the coton-pufl trees andvorightly
painted Houses, “how thes retied together”
with fis carligr warks. he continues.

These are the paintings that while on dis-
play in’ May 84 were panned by an art critic’
tor being “reminiscent of Emily Garr at ber
Hiost freneuc.

Leave it to the artist himself co-come: up,
with an explanation for their current appeal,
“Thevre playful. They're hght onthe

ball and Habt of spirits” says Burnham. :

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