Brooks Burns

I create hard edge abstract paintings  that juxtapose Minimalism and Maximalism - many of the geometric shapes that I paint reference Minimalism, but my palette makes my work look just as “at home” in a Maximalist setting.  I love making both figurative and abstract work; both styles nod to the past and speak to the future in a way that is all their own. 

I majored in Studio Art and Art History at The College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, where the majority of my work was focused around painting and printmaking. I moved to New York in 2009, and I am inspired by the seemingly limitless marriages of form, texture, and color that I see here daily.