Bio
Jeffrey Thomas Burke was born in 1957. He received a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1981, and an (hon)MS in photography from Brooks Institute in 1999.
Beginning in 1984 he worked for many years as a commercial photographer, cinematographer and graphic designer. Jeffrey was an early adopter of digital photography and imaging as a part of his studio practice as early as 1990. His successful photography studio eventually gained a lengthy roster of corporate clients, ad agencies and publishing companies in the United States and abroad. His work received numerous awards and was featured in various publications.
In 2006 Jeffrey and his wife, artist Lorraine Angela Triolo, retired from commercial practice and re-opened BurkeTriolo Studio as a fine art studio and publishing house. They began showing their work in 2009.
Jeff’s current body of work speaks to the concept of Paradise as a myth, and Man’s need for purpose and a meaningful place in the cosmos. His unique image style combines original photography with digital manipulation to create scenes of exhuberant life and utopian bliss.
J.T. Burke lives and works in South Pasadena, California.
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About My Work
My compositions reflect interests in unique items from the physical world and notions that are dear to Man’s soul. I use collected objects to create fantastical compositions that represent intangible human desires and philosophies.
Having worked for many years as a commercial photographer, I now appreciate the spontaneity and inward focus of creating art. Coupling my photographic and digital manipulation skills I develop a fresh and thoughtful approach to each composition. Each piece contains color, light and figure that are all generated by the energy of thousands of small images. The result is ornate and exuberant, and tells tales of life forces unbounded by reality.
Each composition that I create begins with objects that I have collected. Although I use photography as a tool I am no longer a photographer. Instead, I work with a painterly technique to create interesting and thoughtful images. Though I usually have a concept in mind when I begin a new piece I rarely work from a tight layout, but instead prefer to draw on my intuition and serendipity.
My compositions are influenced by a variety of artists and mediums, including Hokusai, Charles Burchfield, Kandinsky, Hieronymus Bosch, contemporary pop surrealists, medieval illuminations, Persian miniatures and even Dr. Seuss.
Beautiful Again explores the human obsession with the concept of paradise. This series expresses a personal vision of paradise made with costume jewelry; Man-made objects of beauty as a metaphor for paradise – the ultimate Man-made thing of beauty.
Jeffrey Thomas Burke was born in 1957. He received a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1981, and an (hon)MS in photography from Brooks Institute in 1999.
Beginning in 1984 he worked for many years as a commercial photographer, cinematographer and graphic designer. Jeffrey was an early adopter of digital photography and imaging as a part of his studio practice as early as 1990. His successful photography studio eventually gained a lengthy roster of corporate clients, ad agencies and publishing companies in the United States and abroad. His work received numerous awards and was featured in various publications.
In 2006 Jeffrey and his wife, artist Lorraine Angela Triolo, retired from commercial practice and re-opened BurkeTriolo Studio as a fine art studio and publishing house. They began showing their work in 2009.
Jeff’s current body of work speaks to the concept of Paradise as a myth, and Man’s need for purpose and a meaningful place in the cosmos. His unique image style combines original photography with digital manipulation to create scenes of exhuberant life and utopian bliss.
J.T. Burke lives and works in South Pasadena, California.
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About My Work
My compositions reflect interests in unique items from the physical world and notions that are dear to Man’s soul. I use collected objects to create fantastical compositions that represent intangible human desires and philosophies.
Having worked for many years as a commercial photographer, I now appreciate the spontaneity and inward focus of creating art. Coupling my photographic and digital manipulation skills I develop a fresh and thoughtful approach to each composition. Each piece contains color, light and figure that are all generated by the energy of thousands of small images. The result is ornate and exuberant, and tells tales of life forces unbounded by reality.
Each composition that I create begins with objects that I have collected. Although I use photography as a tool I am no longer a photographer. Instead, I work with a painterly technique to create interesting and thoughtful images. Though I usually have a concept in mind when I begin a new piece I rarely work from a tight layout, but instead prefer to draw on my intuition and serendipity.
My compositions are influenced by a variety of artists and mediums, including Hokusai, Charles Burchfield, Kandinsky, Hieronymus Bosch, contemporary pop surrealists, medieval illuminations, Persian miniatures and even Dr. Seuss.
Beautiful Again explores the human obsession with the concept of paradise. This series expresses a personal vision of paradise made with costume jewelry; Man-made objects of beauty as a metaphor for paradise – the ultimate Man-made thing of beauty.