Rosemary Burn
British Contemporary Figurative Painter. Portraits, landscapes, still life. Included in notable exhibitions and collections in the UK and worldwide. Commissions welcome
Early grazers Oil on board 41×31cm £500
Cyclamen Oil on board 23x31cm £450
When evening comes Oil on board 41x31cm £450
Evening on Salisbury Plain
24 irises Oil on board 30x40cm £475
Storm brewing (Salisbury Plain) Oil on board 40x30cm SOLD
Slow September Oil on board 41x31cm £500
Summer solstice Oil on board 31x26cm £400
French holiday Oil on board 31x42cm £450
Foxglove Oil on canvas 40x100cm £450
Melting snow Oil on board 26x31cm SOLD
Snow melting on a window makes an evocative image
Wiltshire white horses Oil on board 46x36cm £500
Lengthening shadows Oil on board 41x31cm not currently available
Sudden sunset Oil on board 40x30cm £400
Train journey Oil on board 40x30cm £400
A flooded landscape next to the train tracks
Late light Oil on board 30x40cm £450
Stepping through the puddles on a late winter’s evening in Wiltshire
Wednesday Oil on board 40x30cm £400
Woods Oil on board 30x40cm £400
An oil painting of a little corner of woodland in Wiltshire, England, familiar to me as I go on my daily walks. Sunlight bounces off the trees creating patterns and a semi abstract effect to this atmospheric piece
Night iris Oil on board 26x31cm not currently available
Clouds come and go Wiltshire oil sketch Oil on board 31x26cm £395
A subtly captured sunrise over fields in Wiltshire, England. Gestural marks are used to conjure energy and vitality in this piece, together with the expressive use of colour. This painting would provide a gentle contemplative addition to any room
23 waterlilies Oil on board 25x31cm SOLD
Night train Oil on board 40x30cm £400
Durdle Door Oil on board 40x30cm £450
Summer fields Oil on board 31x26cm £400
An impressionist oil sketch of fields in rural Wiltshire, England, on a summer's day. Distance is implied with gestural marks which take our eye to the horizon which is rendered in soft green. Colourful and evocative, this piece will warm up any wall.
Day lily Oil on board £400
Evening colours Oil on board 26x31cm £400
Evening colours in a garden shrunk to deep indigos and shimmering foliage against the backdrop of a fading sky. Painted in an impressionist, gestural style.
Rain on strawberry hill Oil on board 30x40cm
Escape the crowds (near Durdle Door) Oil on board 40x30cm S0LD
Scottish stream Oil sketch on board £395
Road to the Highlands Oil on board 40x30cm £420
An oil sketch of a road weaving through the rugged Highlands of Scotland. Gestural marks and subtle shades describe the array of colours and textures beside the road and reaching into the mountains. An atmospheric image which would bring calm and perhaps nostalgia to any room
Lake in the evening
Oil on board 25.5x30.5 cms SOLD
Almost abstract, this impression of the magic in the sunset over a lake in late summer shimmers, evoking calm.
23 raindrops Oil on board 46x36cm SOLD
Long shadows Oil on board 31x26cm SOLD
Shadows cast on a summer evening in a Wiltshire landscape
Dots and dashes, Wiltshire Oil on board 31x26cm £395
Oil sketch of Wiltshire
Condensation Oil on board £420
Train through rain 40x30cm Oil on board SOLD
A blurred distant landscape seen through rain on a train window. This painting gives us several layers of vision - the rain drops running across the window, denoting the speed of the train, subtle reflections of the train interior, and that cold English landscape rushing by. A dichotomy exists between the watery subject and its depiction with oil
Clouds and mountains Oil on board 46x36cm £420
An atmospheric landscape painting of clouds softly descending over the Scottish mountains in late summer. Changeable weather in this lonely part of the world echoes the changing times
A snow day Oil sketch on board 31x26cm £395
Footprints left in snow, in a lonely part of rural Wiltshire in England. Sketchy and spontaneous, this painting conveys the cold as well as the residual energy of the people who enjoyed their time there and left their footprints behind
Pioneer Oil on board 31x26 cm £400
Lichen, a pioneer species and ever present if we look closely enough on walls, wood, rocks. Beautiful and mysterious, and an example of the universe's magical creativity. This painting is a homage to the earth and its wondrous inventions.
Tracks in the snow pastel on paper 36x28cm £250
-2 on Salisbury Plain Pastel on paper 36x28 cm £250
Scottish creek oil on board
Blue water Oil on board 41x31cm
Lost in time Oil on board 31x26cm £430
A modern impressionist of a church painted in spring time from the artist's garden. The soft spring sunlight is evident in the colours of this painting, and the title brings to our attention the timeless quality of these ancient structures
Puddle Oil on board 31x26cm £500
Lily pond Oil on board 31x26 cm £400
A goldfish in a summer lily pond, the colours and shapes of the waterlilies making a semi abstract composition
Shadows crossing a track. Oil on board 31x26cm £395
Land oil on board 40x30cm SOLD
A bright, summer English landscape rural Wiltshire, where I live. Painted in an impressionist style with loose flowing brushstrokes, this painting reveals the way sunlight catches the undulating contours of the fields, and the shadows falling across them from hedgerows and a small farm building.
Distant lights oil on board 40x30cm £400
An atmospheric impressionist painting of an English rural landscape at dusk, with distant lights twinkling in the distance, giving depth to the scene, and reminding us of the presence of human civilization as night gently falls
Dandelion field Oil on board 31x26cm SOLD
A familiar sight - a field in the countryside taken over by dandelions, but not often seen as a subject for a painting. Seen from close up, the dandelions take on a mysterious and slightly eerie quality as they recede as far as the eye can see into the distant horizon.
Moonlights Oil on board 40x30cm £430
An atmospheric impressionist painting of waterlilies and reflections at night. The light from the moon is scattered over the surface of the lilies and the deep blue water offering a still, haunting image
Storm Oil on board 40x30cm SOLD
An atmospheric landscape painting of storm clouds over a Wiltshire landscape. Painted in a contemporary impressionist style, this painting merges figurative landscape painting with the semi abstract, with gestural marks and strong colour contrasts
Girl and dog st the white horse Oil on board 31x23 cm £275
An atmospheric oil sketch of a girl and a dog walking at the wild white horse in Wiltshire
Raindrops Oil on board 35.5x30.5 cms SOLD
Raindrops and reflections on a lake.
Headlights Oil on board 28x36cm SOLD
An atmospheric painting of a car on a wet road emerging through the fog and rain. The headlights reflect on the wet surface of the road, and the image may remind us of treacherous driving conditions as we search for our way home to safety.
Silver and gold Wiltshire landscape Oil on board 31x26cm
A silver sky and golden remains of last year's crops form a subtly colourful rural English landscape. Atmospheric and slightly misty we can almost fill the chill air of an early spring day in Wiltshire
Rainwater Oil on board 41x31cm
Gestural marks give a painterly quality to the ripples and reflections in this artwork
Sunrays Oil on board 39x49cm £400
Sunrays and reflections in a lake.
Creeping shadows Oil on board 31x26cm £400
An atmospheric landscape painting of the Wiltshire countryside. Painted in an impressionist style this painting conjures colours from a setting sun, chased by lengthening shadows.
Evening on the Thames
Oil on board 36x28 cms SOLD
An almost abstract description of colourful lights bouncing off the surface of the Thames in the evening.
Stormy water Oil on board 26x31 cm £350
Raindrops and the brooding reflection of a storm over a lily pond. An atmospheric piece which also contains abstract as well as subtle colour values. Painted in a contemporary impressionist style
Evenings on Strawberry Hill Oil on board 31x26 cm SOLD
A serene evening landscape in late summer; a familiar sight for the artist from one of her regular evening walks in her home county of Wiltshire, England. Painted in a contemporary impressionist style, the ripe corn in the foreground is suggested with a few wide sweeps of the brush, and the evening sky complements the sunlight catching the distant fields and a solitary house.
Flood Oil on board 31x26 cm
An impressionist oil painting of early twilight and a flood across a Wiltshire road. This artwork conveys a sense of melancholy as the evening begins to close in, creating subtle lights and colours in the rain water.
Waterlandandsky Oil on board 31x26 cm SOLD
An atmospheric painting implementing colour and light to offer an observation about the unity, transience and connected nature of the elements on earth. Painted in an impressionist style this piece offers a subtle mix of soft violets and blues, and will draw the viewer to it often
Raindrops Oil on board 26x31 cm SOLD
Raindrops on a pond , a subject revisited as autumn approaches again. A gentle, evocative painting which could quietly grace any wall, inviting contemplation and reflection. Painted in an impressionist style, capturing the abstract patterns in the subject
Summer evenings Oil on board 41x31 cm £350
An impressionist painting of a balmy summer evening at the white horse in Woodborough, Wiltshire. Soft golden sunlight creates long shadows as a girl sits in the foreground looking into the haze in the distance
Swim Oil on board 31x26 cm £350
Swim - either a command or an observation. An impression of the joyful calamity in the water as a young person enjoys a swim; a backdrop of gardens and sunlight complete this summer scene. Shown at Figurative Art Now 2021, Mall Galleries London
Glimpse of a lake
Oil on board 30x40 cms SOLD
This atmospheric landscape painting describes a fleeting glimpse of a lake in the distance, surrounded by verdant vegetation and topped by a late evening sky with fluffy pieces of cloud.
Lily pond Oil on board 26x31 cm £450
A contemporary impressionist painting of reflections on the surface of a lily pond
Evening over a lake Oil on board SOLD
Unwelcome Oil on board 26x31cm £400
An oil painting which captures the feeling of intrusion into nature
Oil sketch, Martins down nature reserve Oil on board 31x26 cm £375
An oil sketch of a British nature reserve, painted in a contemporary impressionist style. Broad brushstrokes and energetic fluid marks bring subtle abstract values to this rural scene.
Clouds passing over Wiltshire Oil on board 31x23 cms £375
An impressionist painting of clouds and shadows over a Wiltshire landscape
Mackerel sky Oil on board 31x26 cm £375
An atmospheric impressionist painting of a mackerel sky
Tracks in the snow Oil on board SOLD
The textures and colours made by car and foot tracks in fresh snow in the depths of a Wiltshire winter. Painted in an impressionist style, this painting epitomizes this time of the year when gentle snow flakes hang in the air and nature stands still
Frozen Wiltshire Oil on board 30x40 cms SOLD
A wild, frozen scene in Wiltshire. Painted during the 2021 pandemic and lock down
A covid19 evening Oil on board 28x30.5 cms SOLD
A contemporary impressionist landscape painting (Wiltshire) with two figures in the foreground watching the sun weaken in the sky over a patchwork of fields. An expression of the lonely, thought provoking times in 2020.
Path beside a lake
Oil on board 40x30 cms £495.
Another evocative painting of the Lake District - shimmering water is captured here with quick, expressionistic brush strokes.
Last summer Oil on board 26x31 cms £550
A modern impressionist painting of a garden in august, full of intense colour, light and deep vibrant shadows
Lake in autumn Oil on board 30x40 cms
An impression of leaves reflected over a lake, partly with autumn colours, and also silhouetted against an early evening sky.