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Ron is an Ohio native whose professional life started in Los Angeles where he and his wife, Buff founded the graphic design company, Ron Burns Design. There his work won over high-profile clients including Dick Clark Productions, Xerox, and Blue Cross. But this brand of success demanded a nonstop, 25-hour-a-day approach to living and working that grew less and less fulfilling. Ron occasionally used painting as a pastime to deal with the intense pressures of commercial work. The 1987 Whittier earthquake rattled more than their design studio off its foundation, it forced Ron and Buff to completely reprioritize their lives. Looking to escape the soulless-ness of business life in L.A., they moved to Sedona, Arizona. In this quieter, more spiritual setting Ron began to take painting seriously. He explored various styles and subject matter until finally he started painting vibrant portraits of their own dogs. “There’s nothing subtle or muted about a pet’s love, especially — especially — a dog’s,” says Ron. “It’s full-strength, heart-felt and wild-as-the-wind. So the green-apple colors, the fire-truck reds, the swimming-pool blues really chose themselves. |
| Brilliant, saturated colors are the only ways I can begin to capture what each of us experiences with the dogs and cats that nurture us.” Ron begins each portrait with the eyes. “Their eyes hold nothing back, whether it’s love or fear, heartbreak or admiration. Every portrait begins with the eyes — they have to — because from there all the life and personality radiates outward,” he says. Ron, Buff, and Loganberry currently live part-time in Scottsdale, Arizona and there he is presently creating images for his next book and working on a number of exciting new projects. Ron Burns is the very first resident artist for the Humane Society of the United States. An artist with a true commitment to helping animals, he's given back to the shelter community with donations of his work and financial contributions ever since he began photographing shelter animals to use as subjects for his work. To visit Ron Burns' website, click here. |
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