Spectacular Floral

 Floral - 16x20, framed, oil, Masonite, signed

Courtesy of Brian and Heather Hughes

Old Barn

 #30 Old Barn - 18x24, framed, oil, Masonite, signed

Courtesy of Brian and Heather Hughes

McKenzie Pas

I was informed by Shirley’s daughter Jessica that this painting is called McKenzie Pass. The Pass is located 25 miles northwest of Bend Oregon, between the Three Sisters to the south and Mount Washington to the north. I’m thinking the scene it is at a lower elevation due to the type of trees, deciduous rather than evergreen pine. 

 McKenzie Pass – 24x30, framed, Masonite, oil, signed

Courtesy of Shirley Kelly Burg Estate

Dick Burg at Mission San Juan Capistrano 1944

 Dick Burg at Mission San Juan Capistrano 1944

Meridian Iron Works

 Meridian Iron Works 

Located at 913 Meridian Avenue in South Pasadena, California, Meridian Iron Works c.1890 is now a museum, South Pasadena Historical Museum. The structure has a kind of false front typical of the frontier wild west. Back in the day this two story redwood building was a general store and as time went on it functioned as a hotel, ticket office, telegraph station, bicycle shop, chapel and a school. In1943 became a foundry know as Meridian Iron Works. San Gabriel is four miles to South Pasadena so Dick definitely was in close proximity of Meridian Iron Works and passed it frequently. Dick’s interpretation is maybe of the 1940s view, weathered and stoic. The building looks to be a work horse on Sunday waiting for Monday.

 

 #20 Meridian Iron Works  16x20, framed, watercolor, signed

 

1906 Autocar Roadster

 #3 1906 Autocar Roadster  

The image is the similar in color scheme to Dick’s #30 1909 Stoddard Dayton but this earlier vehicle only has front seats and no windshield.

 

#3 1906 Autocar Roadster  12x16, framed, oil,  signed Burg and  D. Burg 1965 (on back)

 

Tree and Foothills

 This watercolor was in the lot that was recovered from Shirley Kelly Burg in Oregon in 2022. It has the markings of a quick study.

 

Untitled Tree and foothills  watercolor, unframed, unsigned

Lady with Basket

 

A quant village scene south of the boarder, townsfolk going about their business. The lady with the basket seems to be on a mission and greeting neighbors along the way. 

 

#103 Lady with Basket  12x16, framed, Acrylic, canvass on Masonite, signed

 

Quick Buck

 

Dick 1941

Patricia and Lady Tupper

Another other story from my sister Pat and took place at the Northfield house in the Palisades was about my Dad. He bought a bitch Cocker Spaniel thinking he would make a quick buck breeding purebreds. Her name was Lady Tupper, the heroine of a novel by Daphne DeMaurier (Jamaica Inn, The Birds, Rebecca all became Hitchcock movies) that Mom was reading at the time. The whole thing turned into a fiasco. Dad inadvertently had bred the bitch to its own father. Probably didn’t check all the papers properly.  On the night of delivery the dog only had four pups. She deposited them all over the floor in the garage and they nearly froze to death. My Mother tried to revive them by wrapping them up in towels and placing them on the door of the oven to thaw them out. They survived for a while and eventually one died; they gave one to the person for a stud fee, and another they sold. Dad ended up keeping the last female. Her name was Candy. She was a lovable mutant with a large bump on her head. So much for Dad’s “Quick Buck” foray. This was the dog from my earliest childhood memory.

Contact Information

This Blog was created by Peter Edward Burg, son of Dick Burg. If viewers are interested in more information regarding The Artist Dick Burg please contact Peter at composerburg@gmail.com

Untitled Barnscape

This wonderful barnscape was discovered on ebay, but it didn't stay there long

Untitled Barn, Hills, and Trees - 20x24, framed, canvass, oil, signed

Courtesy of Brian and Heather Hughes