Blog: @silhouettist
A modern-day silhouettist tells his story. Charles Burns writes about his explorations into the art and history of silhouette. His mission is to bring this often-overlooked art to a wider, appreciative audience.
Mays Barn 2020 Studio Catalogue now out
03.01.2020 by Charles Burns
A short post to announce that my 2020 studio catalogue has now been launched. Click here to download your free copy! (more…)
Opening my Creative Space
08.05.2019 by Charles Burns
May is here, so I’m opening Mays Barn (my own creative space) to exhibit a new series of silhouette paintings and prints. Do you think I should invite Theresa May? (more…)
Should an Artist Recycle their Art?
15.02.2019 by Charles Burns
Yesterday I spent the whole day recycling art…...or at least preparing to. There’s an awful lot of it! So I’m writing to ask for help. Can you give a painting a new home? Could you take delivery of a drawing or two?
Mays Barn 2019 Studio Catalogue now out
26.01.2019 by Charles Burns
I'm happy to announce that my studio catalogue for 2019 has now been launched. Click here to download your free copy! (more…)
Mays Barn: a silhouettist’s studio
16.02.2018 by Charles Burns
In Emmer Green, at the bottom of the garden of an unassuming 1920’s semi-detached house you’ll find Mays Barn. It was quite a find! I always tell people we bought the barn and the house came with it! But why is it there? (more…)