Rising Fawn Folk Art Presents

Richard Burnside

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"This art, it never existed on this earth till it came out of me."           

Richard Burnside, a man of visions of ancient times, creates primal, raw works of art. Born in Baltimore in 1944, Burnside spent a brief stint in the armed forces, then worked as a chef in Charlotte, NC ("I was a world famous chef!" he claims), and now resides in South Carolina.

Plagued at night by visions of ancient times, he found he couldn't rest until he let them out
through his painting.  "Gotta obey God," as he puts it. His paintings are rife with symbols, some carrying personal meanings for Burnside, and some unexplained products of his visions.           

One of his most well known images is of a rather round face, and his standard images include Ancient Kings and Queens, Jungle Cats, and a White Wolf. Many of his paintings include what he calls "Roman writing", letters in an ancient language Richard sees in his visions.