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The Artistic Legacy of Brian Burke

On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, Canada lost one of its foremost figurative painters, and one of the most notable visual artists to have come out of Prince Edward Island. At age 65, Brian Burke left behind an impressive legacy—a prodigious body of work that is powerfully haunting and impactful, tinged with black humour in its resolute dedication to the truthful representation of the timeless existential predicament of the human condition. Continue reading The Artistic Legacy of Brian Burke