feb / mar 2023

Mary Burtenshaw studied Fine Art at the Norwich School of Art and Design graduating with a Fine Art B.A (Hons) in 1994. She has worked in children’s publishing for many years, illustrating children’s books and creating innovative novelty formats to educate and entertain. Mary paints dramatic impressionist and abstract landscapes which are inspired by her love of the countryside and the many and varied places she has visited, creating the atmosphere and feeling of a place with the use of texture and light. Her acrylics are painted on paper, canvas and wood which give an intensity of colour and a strong texture but also the soft contours that suit the space and changing mood of her subject matter. She continues to always explore the use of her medium.