Howard Burgdorf

Howard Burgdorf

Howard Burgdorf Box Canyon
Box Canyon
Painting   Watercolor on paper   2014
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Cathedral Steps Quito
Cathedral Steps Quito
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Duluth Harbor
Duluth Harbor
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Duluth Harbor Boats
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Farm In The Great Smoky Mountains
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Florida
Florida
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Going Downtown
Going Downtown
Painting   Acrylic on paper  
Realistic Exteriors
29 1/4 x 21 3/4 in
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BURH17770
Howard Burgdorf
Green Barn Buffalo
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Home on Vero Beach Florida
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Italy
Italy
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Loring Park
Loring Park
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Marina Fort Pierce Florida
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Minnehaha Station
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Nantucket Island
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Near Ghost Ranch New Mexico
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Nels Fish Boat Knife River
Nels Fish Boat Knife River
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf North Shore
North Shore
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf North Shore Lake Superior
North Shore Lake Superior
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Original Entrance to Kings House
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Portofino Italy
Portofino Italy
Painting   Acrylic on paper  
Realistic Exteriors
22 x 15 in
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Howard Burgdorf Sanmiguel
Sanmiguel
Painting   Watercolor on paper   2018
Plein Air Watercolor
22 x 15 in
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BURH17819
Howard Burgdorf
St Croix
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Stone Ground
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
22 x 15 in
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Howard Burgdorf Town Hall Panacle Italy
Town Hall Panacle Italy
Painting   Acrylic on paper  
Realistic Exteriors
29 1/4 x 21 3/4 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Untitled
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Untitled
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper   2018
Plein Air Watercolor
22 x 15 in
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Howard Burgdorf Untitled
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper   2018
Plein Air Watercolor
22 x 15 in
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Howard Burgdorf Untitled
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper   2018
Plein Air Watercolor
22 x 15 in
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Howard Burgdorf Untitled
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper   2018
Plein Air Watercolor
22 x 15 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Untitled
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Untitled
Untitled
Painting   Acrylic on paper  
Realistic Exteriors
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Untitled
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Up From St. Paul
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Up Stream From Downtown St, Paul
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf
Walking Nicollete Island
Painting   Watercolor on paper  
Plein Air Watercolor
15 x 22 in
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Howard Burgdorf Italian Hillside
Italian Hillside
Painting   Acrylic on paper  
Realistic Exteriors
29 1/4 x 21 3/4 in
 
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Howard Burgdorf
North Shore
Painting   Watercolor on paper   2018
Plein Air Watercolor
22 x 15 in
 
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Howard Burgdorf Panicale Damingo
Panicale Damingo
Painting   Acrylic on paper  
Realistic Exteriors
29 1/4 x 21 3/4 in
 
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Howard Burgdorf Stefano Calle
Stefano Calle
Painting   Acrylic on paper  
Realistic Exteriors
29 1/4 x 21 3/4 in
 
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Howard Burgdorf Street in Cortona
Street in Cortona
Painting   Acrylic on paper  
Realistic Exteriors
29 1/4 x 21 3/4 in
 
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Howard Burgdorf

Howard Burgdorf

Howard Burgdorf Biography

Born:   Chicago, Illinois

Education:

  • Bethany College, Mankato, MN
  • Mankato State, Mankato, MN
  • University of Illinois, Champaign and Urbana
  • Art workshops, Frank Webb, Chen Kee Chee, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, England and Wales
  • Biscuit Run Sculpture Studio, Charlottesville, VA
  • Professional Experience:
  • Graphic Designer, University of Illinois Press
  • Graphic Designer, Artist Inc. Mpls
  • Design Instructor, St Olaf College, Northfield, MN
  • Owner RKB Studios, Inc. Mpls
  • Exhibits And Collections
  • St. Olaf College Faculty Art Show
  • Lutheran Brotherhood Gallery
  • Luther College, Decorah, IA
  • Bethany College, Mankato, MN
  • Anderson Corporation, Bayport, MN
  • St. Cloud Civic Center, St. Cloud, MN
  • Twin City Watercolor Society
  • Midcountry Bank, Buffalo, MN
  • Allina Hospital and Clinic, Buffalo, MN
  • Buffalo Art Guild

Awards:

  • American Institute of Graphic Arts
  • Art Directors Club of Minneapolis, St. Paul Medal award
  • Ad Club of Minnesota
  • Association of Professional Artists
  • Twin City Watercolor Society

 

Howard Burgdorf Statement

Howard Burgdorf Watercolors

 

Sharing

 

“A pleasure shared is a pleasure doubled”

 

One of the reasons I paint is to share something pleasing to me. Perhaps it is the scene, or combination of shapes. Perhaps it's the way the light falls or the color. Perhaps it's the subject matter, a particular place or moment. I try to capture that on paper. I try to do it directly, without a lot of tricks, using clean fresh colors to capture the moment. Too much we are confronted with the sordid, the ugly the distasteful, the depressing. I would rather not produce more of that.

 

As much as possible I like to paint on the spot, sitting on a curbstone or a rock or log. Obviously this presents hazards like bugs and wind and sun, heat or cold. Sometimes its children. Once a little girl stepped into my water tray. She went home with a wet shoe and sock.

 

I feel that I can relate to the subject matter much more when I am at the spot. Colors and space seem so much more alive and interesting compared to a photograph. Some things I do paint in my studio and might use a photo I have taken for reference or I might refer to my sketchbook. But most fun comes for me when I am able to spread out on the ground and enjoy what is before me.

 

When I travel to a foreign country I do take a picture but I hate to point a camera in the face of a native to snap a picture.  But when I am sitting on the curb drawing or painting I am more acceptable, more like one of them. They look over my shoulder and even though we don't understand each other, they accept me. I'm not an ugly American tourist.  In fact once in Mexico, I was sitting on the curb sketching when a women shop keeper down the street brought me a piece of cardboard to sit on. We didn't understand each others words but her actions said it all.

 

If these paintings share a time or place or moment with you, if they give a little pleasure to your eye, a bit of enjoyment, if they resonate with your soul, then I feel that I have been well rewarded.

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