Untitles, Topanga Canyon, California

According to my sister, Pat, this painting was completed in less than a half an hour. Dick was returing from painting in the area and stopped in Topanga Canyon and liked the particular spot.

Pat had commented several times on the stiffness of his approach to paintingso when dick returned with this painting he asked her what she thought. She answered that she thought it was so much looser and exciting. she would have been around fourteen years of age in 1953.

Courtesy of Pat Hughes

Missouri Moonlite

Dick returned to his home state many times taking pictures and painting on location.

(Courtesy of Bill Englesmann estate)

Watercolor, Untitled, Rock Mesas

Dick explored water color regularly. A wonderful quickness in approach is evident. Whether these were done on sight is unknown.

(Courtesy of Bill Englesmann Estate)

Untitled, Sitting Ballerina

Another purloined from the basement studio.
Like many great historical artists, Dick has memorialized himself in the mirror for all to see.

The Tutu has a definite Nicoli Fetchin touch to it. Dick was an admirer of Fetchin's work.

Untitled, Still Life

This masterful still life was one of my father's favorites. It was in a show and another artist commented on Dick's execution of the work and how he handled the composition. From then on it hung over the buffet in the living room in the Palisades house for years.

Eloise Pommer

Portrait of Eloise Pommer, sister of Dick Burg.

Eloise's son, Bobby, to this day thinks it was not successful in capturing his mother's true likeness.

It may be that this is an early work indicated by the signiture, R. BURG.

(Courtesy of Bob Pommer)

Desert Sentinel #99

Study for Desert Sentinel or related work by Dick Burg, Coutesy of Peter Burg.

A rather minimal subject matter but bold in its solidity of form. A nice example of Dick's more mature style. I have tried to include frames so viewers can get an idea of Dicks taste in framing.

Untitled, Desert Wash

This is a great example of Dick's exploration of the dry desert air and its affect on viewing the distant jagged mountains.

Untitled, Desert Scape

This desert scape was done while Dick was a member of the San Gabriel Fine Arts Association. The San Gabriel Fine Arts Association (SGFAA) is a non profit organization, founded in 1965 for the purpose of promoting traditional fine art in the community and to provide a venue for member artists to show their work. The association maintains a large group of over 200 members and represents all of Southern California and several states.
The San Gabriel Fine Arts Association has a long and impressive history. It began as The Art Guild in 1935 but was forced to close during World War II. In 1966 the Association reopened and has remained as a vital part of the arts community since that time. Such notables as Norman Rockwell, Frank Tenny Johnson, Arthur Beaumont, Sam Hyde-Harris, Los Angeles Times sketch artists Charles Owens, Clyde Forsythe, and Jack Wilkinson Smith, Karl Albert, Dan Toigo, Constance Marlow, Lester Bonar, Rosita Tseu, Lloyd Mitchell, and Darwin Duncan were among the first to exhibit with The Guild and/or The Fine Arts Association.