Gallery
2011.jpg') "<span>Scroll (detail 2)</span><br>2011<br> 12\" section<br> black paper, white pencil")
2010
 "<span>Billow</span><br>2010<br>12.5\" x 8\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Drift</span><br>2010<br>12\" x 23\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Light</span><br>2010<br>18.5\" x 10\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Deciduous</span><br>2010<br>10\" x 5\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Dreams Are What Dreams Are Made Of</span><br>2010<br>9\" x 12\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Fluxation</span><br>2010<br>12\" x 6\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Grasses</span><br>2010<br>13\" x 16\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Night Cloud</span><br>2010<br>8\" x 10\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Paper Ashes</span><br>2010<br>14\" x 9\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Pewter Mirage</span><br>2010<br>10\" x 14\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Smolder</span><br>2010<br>18.5\" x 8.5\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Smudge</span><br>2010<br>13\" x 15\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Stream</span><br>2010<br>16\" x 22\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Tempest</span><br>2010<br>8\" x 9\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Transillumination</span><br>2010<br>25\" x 30\"<br>black paper, white pencil"){kind=spacer}
 "<span>Waft Of Myrrh</span><br>2010<br>10\" x 6\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Water White And Black</span><br>2010<br>15\" x 22\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
2009
 "<span>Auricula</span><br>2009<br>10\" x 12\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Cirrostratus</span><br>2009<br>9\" x 6.5\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Fountain</span><br>2009<br>10\" x 15\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>The Knot</span><br>2009<br>19\" x 22\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Nag Champa</span><br>2009<br>8\" x 6\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Primordia</span><br>2009<br>14\" x 16\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
 "<span>Whisper Vapor</span><br>2009<br>16\" x 21\"<br>black paper, white pencil")
About the Work
What I see during time spent in the forest and at the shore is translated and re-formed during the process of drawing. My intention is to reveal a spectacle of wood, water, light and atmosphere; to share my enthusiasm for these processes and patterns that overlay, harmonize and echo one another.
Each depiction evolves on black paper using white prismacolor pencil. As one's eyes adjust to the monochromatic setting, the details of light and contour emerge.
The works are best seen in person. Contact Bette for an appointment or to receive other image files via email.
© 2011 All images are copyrighted, permission to use images easily granted solely by Bette Burgoyne upon review of request.
Biography
Bette Burgoyne was born in Seattle in 1959. After graduating from Cornish College of the Arts in 1986, she moved to San Francisco and spent ten years creating and teaching art.
Bette earned an MFA at Mills College CA and taught at several colleges including San Francisco Art Institute and California College of the Arts.
Solo Exhibitions at New Langton Arts, Southern Exposure, Mincher/Wilcox and Headlands Center for the Arts were reviewed positively by art critics Kenneth Baker and David Bonetti.
Her work has been featured in many group exhibitions. A Labor of Love at the New Museum NYC and the touring exhibition New World (Dis)Order hosted by National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington DC are two of the highlights from her list of shows.
She has been the recipient of awards and residencies. Among these are the Veronica di Rosa Residency Award at Headlands Center for the Arts CA, Tread of Angels Fellowship at Djerassi Foundation CA, Watkins Award at New Langton Arts SF and the Boudreaux Cadogan Scholarship at Mills College CA.
Download: Bette's resume in PDF format.
Representation: The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York