ABOUT

Jason Burroughs is an American oil painter, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, home of one of the oldest art colonies in the country. His landscapes and marine paintings are inspired by the impressionists that frequented Cape Ann in the early 1900’s. Aiming to carry on the tradition of plein-air painting, and leave a recorded visual history, Burroughs captures the picturesque beauty of his hometown and beyond.

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

My paintings are approximate, recorded observations. From my own perspective, familiar scenes and motifs are commemorated in my work. Using a limited palette, my colors are developed never planned, and more consideration is put into the tonal values of a painting maintaining an atmospheric quality. I enjoy the process of building a painting, the search for balance in a design or drawing leads me to decisions on mark making that I wouldn’t have made otherwise. My brushstrokes arrive from the study, and appreciation for a piece of work that shows evidence of its creation.



EDUCATION

BFA, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts

Cape Ann Art Haven / The Hive, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Stephen Lapierre


AWARDS

2024- Cape Ann Plein Air - Palate to Palette artist

2024- Cape Ann Plein Air - Paint out on the Rocks, Third Place

2024- Cape Ann Plein Air - Motif #1 Day Paint out, First Place

2019- Goetemann Artist Residency, Rocky Neck Art Colony

2019- Cape Ann Artists exhibit at Massachusetts Statehouse Senate Lobby

2018- Cape Ann Plein Air Quick Draw, Judges Merit

2017- Montserrat ARTrageous30!, student spotlight sculpture