Joanne Burgess

Joanne’s artistic pedigree has its foundations in her family’s traditional upholstery business. Her fathers business “Ridge Interiors” produces work for clients such as Elton John, Prince Charles and the Royal Family. Her creative ability was apparent at a young age and provided her with an ambition to pursue a career in fashion design. She followed this ambition at the University College for the Creative Arts, the U.K’s second leading Arts College. After graduating she worked for “Angels” the worlds largest costumiers based in London working with top designers and stars on films such as “Little women”, “Age of innocence”, “The English Patient”, “Titanic” and “Shakespeare in love”. Her love of period costumed married with fashion made her pursue a career in bridal wear, where she designed and made the wedding capes for Rachel Hunter when renewing her vowels to Rod Stuart as seen in top celebrity magazine “Hello”. This was to inspire her artistic desire, enhance her creativity and establishing her own Couture bridal design business in London in her mid twenties. Designing and making bespoke wedding dresses for the elite clientele. She had her collections shown in London bridal shows and her gowns were taken to Paris to be photographed for editorials in top London bridal magazines.

Joanne spent considerable amount of time travelling the world experiencing the music and dance of different cultures. In 2007, she moved to Miami to establish new roots with her husband and child. Leaving family and friends behind she found solace in her painting which became a source of meditation and an important creative outlet. Her travelling experiences, background in fashion, coupled with her appreciation of cultural diversity and the vibrancy this brings has influenced her body of work. Joanne prefers to paint with acrylics as they bring life and energy to her paintings that draw on Pre Raphaelite influences whilst also introducing 21st Century dimension capturing vibrancy of contemporary culture and fashion worlds. Joanne frames her work with an individually upholstered finish to capture the essence of each picture utilizing her wide range of creative skills.