Village Fine Art Gallery, Artist Ted Burnett

Ted Burnett (1908-1982) Ted Burnett was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and studied at the Chicago Art Institute and Eliot O'Hara Watercolor School in Maine. Ted was equally comfortable working in watercolor, acrylic and oil/casein. Continually creative, he developed many styles unique to his work: textured floral; abstract landscapes/seascapes; whimsical animals; both non-representational modern and modern expressionist paintings in mixed media; a series replicating mosaics; and a stunning array of abstract nudes in watercolor representing the signs of the zodiac. Ted, and his wife, Hazel, worked and taught from an early 1900s townhouse near downtown Knoxville and developed a large and devoted following. He is well-remembered by the many artists for whom he was teacher and mentor. His most avid collector, however, was his wife who held on to her vast collection of this work until she died in 2006. Hazel was pre-deceased one year by their son Bim, also a fine artist, who graduated from the University of Tennessee, as did their two other sons, Mitch and Fielden. They live in Knoxville and Cincinnati, respectively. Ted and Hazel loved driving through the countryside of the eastern United States, and they refused to travel the interstate highways. Ted believed that real beauty was to be found in the small towns and the farmlands of America. Whatever the style and medium, Ted was a master at capturing his feelings about the subject, as well as the image. Bill and Carolyn Mullins of Village Fine Art Gallery have been devoted to Ted's work since the mid-1960s. They are especially honored and grateful to be chosen as the exclusive representative of the Burnett estate collection -- works of art that showcase the best of Ted's creative genius from the 1940s until his untimely death in 1982. Ted's awards included the Hallmark International Award, Nashville Arts Festival Purchase Prize, Art Association of New Orleans Watercolor Prize, Tennessee Valley Art Association Reynolds Metal Award, the Birmingham Art Association Jury Exhibition Award, and the Dixie Museum Purchase Prize. He was included in numerous museum and gallery exhibits nationwide.
*Sailing* Casein/mixed media 20"H x 24"W
*King David* Casein/mixed media 20"H x 24"W
*Unchained Melody* Casein/mixed media 20"H x 24"W
*Martha's Vineyard* Casein/mixed media 20"H x 24"W
*Three Figures* Casein/mixed media 20"H x 24"W
*Vase of Flowers* Casein/mixed media 20"H x 16"W
*Sailing* Casein/mixed media 24"H x 12"W SOLD