I am interested in complexity, simplicity and mystery.

I oscillate back and forth, between complexity — through exploring detail, ornamentation and embellishments . . . and simplicity, by pursuing subtle blends and slow gradations between darks and lights.

All due to a daily, even moment to moment, fascination with mystery.

“For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have. ― Oliver Wendell Holmes

Background

Beth Burns was raised in Portland, Oregon. Now lives and works in Santa Monica, California. 

2020 - present — Studio Eleven Artist Collective Member, Los Angeles 

2012 - 2016 — Principal, BB Design:  Residential interiors, Santa Monica 

1983 - 2005 — Founder, Artistic and Executive Director, The Wooden Floor, Santa Ana 

Exhibitions

2021, 2022, 2023 — Studio Eleven Group Shows at the Colburn School

Education

2018 - present — Study with Mentor Artist Tom Wudl   

2011 — MFA, Interior Architecture from UCLA Extension/Cal Poly Pomona  

2001 — UC Berkeley Summer Program in Paris, "The Belle Epoque"

1978 — BA, Loyola Marymount University 

Selected Recognition  

Artistic Visionary Award ― Arts Orange County

Humanitarian Alumni Award ― Loyola Marymount University

Choreography Fellowship ― California Arts Council