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Colin W Burns

Colin W. Burns (Born 1944) is active/lives in England.  Colin Burns is known for Birds in flight painting, landscapes.

Born in 1944, Colin Burns grew up in a Norfolk seaside town.  From the age of seven, he began to paint landscapes and sunsets and, as a nine year old, started winning art prizes at school.  At the age of twelve, his parents moved to live in the middle of the country in a marshland farmhouse and his former town life was replaced with beautiful surroundings and the local wildlife.

Colin Burns claims that this change of lifestyle was the greatest artistic influence he has experienced.  He became more and more involved in painting and began observing the wonders of nature.  At the age of sixteen he left school and qualified as an accountant and went to work at ‘Birds Eye’ in Great Yarmouth, painting in his spare time and finding an enthusiastic market for his local landscapes. 

Colin’s paintings caught the eye of a well known Art Dealer - Ivor Hook of ‘The Little Gallery’ in Elm Hill, Norwich - and, through an introduction in 1976 to the renowned ‘T   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2062 characters.]  Artist bio

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