I have been concentrating on portraiture since 2000 when I relinquished professional teaching. Painting is where my passion lies and while I love to share this with others, giving my ideas full expression requires complete attention.

I prefer to work directly from life, as it is from life I get my inspiration; this vitality gives substance to my painting. Be it portraiture or still life, my purpose is to capture this vigour and energy: this is what fires my passion to paint.

I divide my time between my paintings of Greenwich and commissions for portraits.

Contact the artist

20 Dartmouth Row
London
SE10 8AW

email: basiaburrough@ymail.com

Exhibitions

2009 - Royal British Artists, Mall Galleries
2008 - Dulwich Picture Gallery
2000 - current Greenwich Open Studios group
July 2007 - Stark Gallery, Canterbury
May 2007 - Arts Fair, Holland
May 2006 - Battersea Arts Fair
April 2004 - Stephen Lawrence Gallery
Jan 2004 - St Paul's Church, Deptford
June 2003 - Stark Gallery, London
March 2003 - Woodlands Exhibition

Personal & professional details

1970
Fine Arts (Hons), Camberwell School of Art
Worked as a muralist in London during my studies

1970
Camberwell School of Art (Sculpture Department)

1971
Relocated to California
William Mitchell Design, specialising in mural and decorative features to architectural projects

1974
Returned to England
Art teacher, various schools around south London