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.

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

The location of this early painting is unknown. It is from the many that were gathering spider webs and dust in the basement studio. The practice of signing his works evolved over years. Very early pieces were simply "Burg", then "Richard Burg", then finally "Dick Burg". Most of his business associates called him Dick.

Mendecino Mansion

This wonderful depiction of a rustic wooden clap-board house along the coast in Mendecino, is from the 1975 trip in my VW Pop Top Camper to Northern California. Capturing the distant ocean and subtle greys of the costal skies were so much of my father's mind set in conveying mood of a typical overcast seaside day. Dick owned a 1961 red VW bug similar to the one parked here.

Devil's Point, Carmel, 1965

One of the very few paintings that was dated on back of canvas with a specific year indicated.

Dick's M.O. was to find a suitable location, take several photographs, do some sketches and then return to his studio, work on composition, taking different elements from each photo, outline, block in shades, and then complete painting.