Fly Me Away & Three Magic Wishes
Object NamePainting
Artist / Maker
Sharon Burns-Knutson
((Irish-American, b. 1948))
Date1997
OriginUSA
MediumAcrylic on paper
Dimensions43 1/2 x 29 3/4 in. (110.5 x 75.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Iowa Art in State Buildings Project for the Administrative Services Building. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU99.34
Status
On viewCollections
Label TextBurns-Knutson is an artist from Cedar Rapids who received her Masters of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Iowa and her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Northern Iowa. She has served as a visiting artist at Mt. Mercy College in Cedar Rapids and at the University of Minnesota. She’s participated extensively in the Iowa Arts Council’s Touring Arts Team as well as their Artist-in-Schools Program. Sharon’s work hangs in both public and private collections in Iowa and the Midwest and she’s been included in many museum and gallery exhibitions.
Burns-Knutson's art is a fanciful assembly of individual stories and tales. Working with oil paint on a dark surface (black paper), she creates a rich tapestry that from a distance appears to be abstract. But closer inspection reveals the intricate interweaving of many characters, animals and objects of all kinds. Her color usage is always vibrant with the overall effect likened to that of a stained glass window.
MarkingsSigned and dated in white painted square in lower left corner.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Warehouse Storage
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