ARTIST
Bill Burke is one of New Zealand's foremost landscape artists. His multi-award-winning, vibrantly colourful oils grace many homes and businesses, as well as those of collectors throughout NZ and abroad. “As a young man I first began my journey into art with pen and ink drawings that I exhibited at Chez Eelco,” Bill says. “For me it has always come down to the drawing – I’ve spent decades at it.” And true to his word, beneath every one of Bill’s exuberant paintings, is a carefully thought out, skilfully executed under-drawing. “It’s where I work things out – composition, lighting, perspective.”