Center Gallery features Margo Burian

From staff reports

Paintings of Leelanau County’s land and water — as processed through the imagination of Grand Rapids artist Margo Burian — are on display next at the Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios, in Glen Arbor. A public reception opens the show on July 27 at 6 p.m.

Burian’s lush, atmospheric oil paintings of the region are not, she says, a strict record of natural features and landmarks. “I have taken liberties with place and nature to move the painting from an accounting or laundry list to an interpretation,” Burian said. “The work isn’t so much about exact place, as it is about perceived place.” She works from memory and experience, returning to Leelanau County numerous times throughout the year to sketch, photograph and make notes about her subject.

As part of her exhibition, Burian will paint and talk about her work on July 31, 11 a.m. at Center Gallery. This demonstration is an opportunity to see how an artist works and to ask questions about technique and process. Her show continues through Aug. 2. For more information, please call (231) 334-3179.