HUGH BURDEN

EVERYTHING'S A STORY

PORTFOLIO & LIMITED EDITION PRINTS

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HUGH BURDEN

Following a successful advertising photography career Hugh now directs his energy to constructing surreal digital imaginations. The process involves the manipulation and overlaying of any number of digital images to expose an alternative reality.

His aesthetic references cultural and ecological themes or he simply explores narratives suggested by observed textures. This trick of the eye is called pareidolia; the human tendency to seek patterns in random information.

Both approaches result in images that belie the origins of the final conception and contain their own now unique narrative.

Alongside limited edition prints Hugh also produces single mixed media pieces combining artworks with found items and often illuminated with gold or silver leaf.


THE EVERYDAY RE-IMAGINED

All images from the portfolio are available to collect as limited edition prints for your home, your office or give as a beautiful unique gift.

The images are superbly printed on museum archival quality paper in limited editions of 50 or 25 in sizes A1, A2 and A3. They are signed, rolled in tissue paper and sent in a sturdy cardboard tube with a certificate of authenticity.

I am so confident in the quality and beauty of the edition prints that in the unlikely event you disagree you may return them in the same condition within 14 days (at your expense) - no questions asked.

For more information, commissions, collaborations, exhibitions, talks, simply e mail: hugh@hughburdenart.co.uk - I will be delighted to hear from you.

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WALLS COLLECTIONS

LANDSCAPE

LAKE

WALLS of PAREIDILIA

Landscape

ROCK, BRICK, STONE & CONCRETE

Residing on buildings and walls, mosses, lichens, stains and crumblings often present themselves as wonderful surreal landscapes. Natures masterpieces created on rock, brick, stone & concrete. After carefully photographing these original canvases additionlal elements are added; an artistic collaboration between Man and Nature

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Composite photograph of a distressed concrete wall and trees looking like a landscape at first glance
Concrete 2020
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Composite photograph of a distressed plaster wall with a tree and clous covered horizon. A hawk flies overhead and a flock of rooks escapes
Plaster 2022
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Moss covered stone wall,the stains and narkings resembling a countryside landscape, enhanced with photographed wild flowers, a butterfly, bag and a park bench
Stone 2021
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A black stained concrete rendered wall presents painted out grafiti leaving the effect of a terraced row of houses in silhouette. The foreground has added yellow golden grasses to complement yellow daubts of paint.
Render 2020
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A crumbling rusty downpipe resembles a rotting or burnt tree trunk. Adding roots and a woodland background completes the illusion
Rooted 2021
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Composite photograph of distressed wall, trees and a stream to form a surrreal landscape of cliffs formimg a canyon
Canyon 2020
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Composite photograph of distressed wall, trees, a deer to form a surrreal landscape of cliffs with fossils embedded
Fossil Canyon 2020
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Composite photograph of textured wall with overlaid sea and oyster fishing boat
Oyster Boat 2020
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Cockrel sits on farmyard fence with junkyard background
King 2020
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A crumbling plaster wall, with overlaid photograph of a ruined casle tower, a hawk hunts a flock of crows
Castle Hunt 2020
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Lake

The watery worlds of lichen

I noticed Nature playfully creates aquatic scapes when etching lichen, contoured with mould, into masonry. Playing with this watery notion and juxtaposing pond water, reeds and fish over the photographed original stone canvas; misty morning lake landscapes metamorphosed.

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Calm monotoned misty pond landscape constructed from lichen stained wall and an actual pond photographs
Lake 01 2020
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Monotoned misty pond scene with fish surfacing constructed from lichen stained wall and pond water ripples
Lake 02 2020
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Monotoned underwater scene with two fish and many bubbles constructed from lichen stained wall water and fish
Lake 03 2020
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Walls of Pareidolia

the writing is on the wall

It is no secret that humankind can often be no friend to the natural world. This collection interprets patterns and forms on walls as landscapes (pareidolia) that illustrate environmental issues we face. To the original wall photographs multiple images were overlaid, manipulated and blended.

The constructs represent an aesthetic vocabulary referencing humankind's disregard for our planet; The Writing Is On The Wall.

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2nd. in series: a woodland photograph overlaid on wall with old elecric cabling in a conduit.
Walls of Pareidolia 02 2020
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Distant buildimg site on green field site with cranes superimposed over textured stone block wall.
Walls of Pareidolia 03 2020
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4th in series: wall overlaid with forest fire- a mysterious metal door in the wall suggesting a way out.
Walls of Pareidolia 04 2020
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5th photograph in wall series: plastic waste in the sea, air travel polution. Composite illustrating environmental issues
Walls of Pareidolia 05 2020
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6th composite photograph in series: on a wall a gentle woodland stream scene is superimposed all spoiled by a buckled bicycle wheel discarded in the water
Walls of Pareidolia 06 2020
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No. 7: A river landscape scene overlaid on textured wall. The river has floating dead fish while overhead birds fly away
Walls of Pareidolia 07 2020
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No. 8 last in series: a crumbling wall with elecric junction box is the background to overlaid stormy seas and flying seagulls- illustrates the fear of rising water levels
Walls of Pareidolia 08 2020
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PERCEPTIONS & CONCEPTIONS

CLIFFS AND ISLANDS

UNIVERSE

FOREST

Cliffs & Islands

METAPHOR, FANTASY, FICTION

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Illustrative fantasy, composite photograph with two small islands with one pine tree in middle of a sea
Cliffs & Islands- 04 2018
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Monotoned illustrative fantasy composite photograph with one small islands with one pine tree in middle of a sea
Cliffs & Islands- 05 2018
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Solitary small island in ocean with ramshackle stone building and horned antelope looking to camera
Cliffs & Islands- 06 2018
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Solitary small fantasy island in ocean with stone bench on which a parrot sits warding off a predatory hawk
Cliffs & Islands- 07 2018
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Composite fantasy photograph of solitary small island in ocean with rough waves; a lone Meercat looks out
Cliffs & Islands- 08 2018
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High seas with a floating wine bottle, post storm skies above
Message In A Bottle 2021
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Universe

Big Bang Theory

I came across this location in Llantwit Major, South Wales, with billions of Jurassic boulders. It was obvious there were photographs to be made here; but how eluded me for a while. I sat for a couple of hours contemplating the millions of grey scattered boulders. The light changed, the tide receded, people came and went but the rocks were silent; I could not see the photograph.

About to concede, my own big bang theory evolved. It occured to me that the rocks, seemingly infinite and randomly dispersed, had an affinity with the Universe. With a little intervention and a further trip to photograph the 3000 million year old pink rocks of Perros-Guirec, Brittany these divergent cosmic worlds were made.

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Grey Jurassic boulders and one Earth like 'planet' make up surreal constructed universe space scene
Universe 01 2017
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Jurassic boulders and six earth like 'planets' make up an arrow shape to complete the surreal universe space scene
Universe 02 2017
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Jurassic boulders form background for small planet floating above larger one in surreal fantasy universe photograph
Universe 03 2017
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Dark pink Jurassic boulders and one earth like 'planet' make up surreal constructed universe space scene
Universe 04 2017
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Six Dark pink Jurassic boulders contain blue water and form an arrow formation in the myriad of boulders in this surreal constructed universe space scene
Universe 05 2017
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A single Mars like planet floats above dark pink Jurassic rock, the 6th in universe series
Universe 06 2017
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Forest

wood wide web

Trees communicate with each other via fungal networks to combat threats, nicknamed by researchers as the wood wide web. When sharing information and resources they give special attention to their offspring. By way of payment for the lines of communication the fungus is supplied nutrients.

Uncovering a pile of damp rotting pine planks myriads of intricate fungus fronds were revealed. Each fungus laden layer resembled diminutive forests. By merging images of pine trees with the fungus I set about exploring the resemblances between the trees and their symbiotic partner; re-imagined surreal forest landscapes.

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Photographed white wood fungus with overlaid pine trees make this composite photograph form a new fantasy forest landscape
Forest 01 2017
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2nd in series: photographed white wood fungus with overlaid copse of pine trees make this composite photograph form a new fantasy forest landscape
Forest 02 2017
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3rd in series: photographed white wood fungus close up is overlaid with distant copse of trees to make this look like a woodland landscape
Forest 03 2017
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Two leafless tree silhouettes overlaid onto plank of reddish wood with white fungus constucts a convincing sunset lookalike landscape
Forest 04 2017
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Photographed white wood fungus with an overlaid pine tree make this composite photograph form a new landscape prehaps a little Japanese in style
Forest 06P 2017
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Photographed white wood fungus with overlaid pine trees make this composite photograph form a new mystical forest landscape
Forest 07P 2017
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Photographed white wood fungus with overlaid pine trees make this composite photograph form a new mystical forest landscape
Forest 09P 2017
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VISIONS

NOTION

ROCK PEBBLE SAND

DUST& ASHES

BEACH

Notion

OPINION, DREAM

Musings on ice caps, ozone, populace and sea levels.

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Four dents symbolise iceburgs and/or whales while overhead a single cloud is held in place by yellow rope tied to concrete blogs
Divergent 01 2022
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Composite photograph of weathered wall part painted blue, bottom right black and dirty.A building site with cranes, two deer sky and a fingerprint have been added to create an urban landscape image to criticise human involvment
Footprint 01 2021
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Composite photograph of weathered lichen covered wall showing a distant skyscaper city. On bottom of the fram blue wave attack the shoreline. To the left red and white flowers show partial swampimg in the sea water
Footprint 02 2021
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Rock Pebble Sand

BLACK & GOLD ETCHINGS

Found along the long golden sand beach at Montalivet, France. Decayed and compressed matter from the nearby pine forest is released in streams and rivulets towards the Atlantic resulting in mysterious and beautiful impressions

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Black grains and golden sand form an imgage resembling a single person waving arms as if making magic
Rock Pebble Sand 01 2020.jpg
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Black grains and golden sand with six stones form a pleasing pattern
Rock Pebble Sand 02 2020.jpg
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Black grains and golden sand form an imgage resembling a cloaked couple slightly apart
Rock Pebble Sand 03 2020.jpg
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Black grains and golden sand form an imgage resembling a cloaked coupleclose to each other
Rock Pebble Sand 04 2020.jpg
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Black grains and golden sand form a tree like image
Rock Pebble Sand 05 2020.jpg
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Dust & Ashes

Present Future

Fire debris observed on the roadside on inspection revealing hidden messages, glyphs projected by forces unseen and unknown

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Ash and debris from a fire on second look appears to have created a 'pheonix'. The bird shaped image is made up from the scattered junk
Pheonix 2022
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An Oak tree sapling with it's original acorn appears to be growing out of a grey burnt debris stewn area
From Little Acorns 2022
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small chips of broken blue glass together with misc. bits of debris form a 'starry' sky with a planet (possibly Earth) gleaming middle bottom
Cosmos 2022
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Beach

STEAMY HOT LAZY FUN

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6 people in sea in a v formation. An island with trees ia cemtred on the horizon. The Whole image is textred and features warm tones
Bathers 2018
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wet sand as if looking across an estuary to a row of distant houses. Childrens plastic bucket and spade in foreground
Bucket & Spade 2018
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Tall roughly hewn sand castle, sits in wet sand beach with childrens bucket and spade. Warm textured overlay
Castle 2022
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EXHIBITIONS

2017 Solo show, The Bocabar, Bristol
2018 Art Trail Solo show at Studio, Bristol
2018 Solo Show, Guildhall Chambers, Bristol
2019 Joint Show, Leigh Court, Bristol
2019 Joint Show, Art Trail, St Monicas, Bristol
2019 Open Exhibition, Royal West Academy
2021 Open Exhibition, Royal West Academy
2022 Joint Show, BS9 Art Trail, Bristol

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Bath, Bordeaux, Bristol, Cardiff, Gloucester, Hastings, London,
Maidenhead, Paris, Scunthorpe, Sydney.

Print and Delivery Information

"Sourcing the best printing, the best materials to complement these whimsical and surreal worlds has been of paramount importance. I am confident you will be very happy with the beautiful quality of your printed photograph/s and the outstanding museum archival properties."


PRINT SIZES
Prints sizes range from A1 (84.1 x 59.4 cm), A2 (59.4 x 42cm), A3 (42x 29.7 cm) and A4 (29.7 X 21 cm) in limited editions of 50 and/or 25 as stated. There may be up to two AP's (Artist Pass prints). The photographs are ready for framing, signed with year and edition number, rolled in tissue paper and sent in a sturdy cardboard tube with a signed certificate of authenticity.

THE PAPER
Platinum Baryta 300 is a 100% acid free Fine Art paper with a smooth unglazed gloss surface. It was chosen for it's natural white base and state of the art micro-porous ink receiving layer that delivers a high D-MAX (2.7) and wide colour gamut. These properties reveal delicate highlights and smooth transitions to shadows. The paper is approved by the Fine Art Trade Guild and when used with the pigment ink set a print life of much more than 85 years is assured. This combination of printer, ink set and paper originates extremely beautiful photographic prints similar in style and feel to 'old school' wet prints.

Please Note: the surface of fine art prints are delicate and can mark with fingerprints, liquids and abrasions; utmost care should be taken when handling them prior to mounting and framing. We reserve to right to change paper without prior notice to a similar specification of paper.

THE PRINTER & INK
Canon professional fine art ink jet printer twinned with Canon's LUCIA EX pigment ink produces ultra high quality Fine Art prints with exceptional archival performance. We reserve to right to change the printer and ink set without prior notice to others with at least similar specifications.

DELIVERY, POST AND PACKING
Printing usually takes 3 to 5 working days plus post time on top, depending on where you are in UK or Europe. In the event of any delays our end, due to commissioned workload, we will keep you informed by e-mail.

The prints are supplied rolled in a secure cardboard tube and sent via recorded mail. Delivery and packing is added at checkout for a £12.00 flat rate. A confirmation e-mail of purchase is sent after check out and another to confirm despatch. Any date of delivery given by Hugh Burden Art shall be an estimate date, we will do our utmost to get your purchase to you as quickly as we can. Please note despite all our best intentions Hugh Burden Art shall not be held responsible for late delivery.

RETURNS
See TERMS AND CONDITIONS for EDITION PRINTS. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with your print you have 14 days from receipt to return it (tracked postage at your expense) for a full purchase refund.

EXPLORE Hugh's People, Places & Things portfolio includes experimental short films
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