www.marciaburtt.com Education
Otis Art Institute, the University of Chicago, and San Francisco State University.
B.A. University of California at Berkeley 1971
M.A. University of Montana 1980
Solo exhibitions
2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 Lacuna Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2000 Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach (duo)
1999 Cate School, Carpinteria
1996 Easton Gallery, Montecito, CA
1995 California Heritage Gallery, San Francisco, "Paintings of Yosemite" (trio)
1994 Easton Gallery, Montecito
1993 Woodbridge Gallery, Gualala, CA
Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA
1992 Easton Gallery, Montecito
1991 Cate School, Carpinteria, CA
1990 Easton Gallery, Montecito
1989 Ventura College, Ventura, CA
Awards
2005 Artists’ Choice, Sedona Plein Air Festival
2004 First Place, San Luis Obispo Plein Air competition
2003 First place, Montecito/San Ysidro Ranch exhibition, Santa Barbara
2002 Second place, Semana Nautica, Santa Barbara
Honorable Mention, Palm Springs Museum 33rd Juried Exhibition
Honorable Mention, San Luis Obispo Plein Air Festival
2000 Honorable Mention, 2nd Annual Plein Air competition, Laguna Beach
Hon. Mention, “A Classic Competition,” Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard
1999 First Place, Contemporary Artists Paint Mission Mills, Casa de la Guerra
1998 Artist of the Year, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Second prize, Joan Irvine Smith competition, San Juan Capistrano
1997 Forbes Magazine/American Artist week in Balleroy, France
1996 Forbes Magazine/American Artist week at Trinchera Ranch, CO
1995 Finalist, The Artists Magazine Competition
1994 Finalist, The Artists Magazine competition
1993 Winner, First Annual Winsor & Newton competition
1992 Artist in Residence, Yosemite National Park
1991 Gold and Silver Medals, Art of California Discovery Awards
Memberships
Signature Member of the California Art Club and of Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. Since 1986, Marcia has exhibited with The Oak Group, formed to paint areas threatened by development. The Oak Group has donated nearly one million dollars to conservation groups to date. With friends, Marcia founded SCAPE—Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment—in 2002 to broaden the Oak Group’s mission.
Exhibitions
2007
"The Oak Group", Palm Loft Gallery, Carpinteria
“Northern Views: California Painting in the Plein Air Tradition”, Napa Valley Museum
“Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America”, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, Massachusetts
2006
“Santa Barbara’s Landscape Legacy: Celebrating the Oak Group’s 20th Anniversary”, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
"The Oak Group", Palm Loft Gallery, Carpinteria
Signature Membership Show", The LPAPA Studio, Laguna Beach
“On Location in Malibu 2006” Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Malibu
"Window on Santa Barbara County", Gallery 113, Santa Barbara
2005
“Visiting Ray,” Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara
“Canyon de Chelly en plen air,” Firestone Gallery, Tucson
“Heal the Ocean,” Gallery 113, Santa Barbara
“Fifteen Year Anniversary Exhibit,” Easton Gallery, Santa Barbara
2004
“Heal the Ocean,” Gallery 113, Santa Barbara
“Fall Color 2004”, Village Frame and Gallery, Montecito
Fall 2004 Exhibit, Young’s Gallery, Los Olivos
“Women Artists of the West,” Eric Firestone Gallery, Tucson
“Spiritual Spectrum,” Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles
“The Political Landscape,” L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
“Sea to Shining Sea,” Haggin Museum, Stockton
Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Museum of Art
2003 “Malibu to Eaton Canyon,” Whites Gallery, Montrose
Fall 2003
Exhibit, Young’s Gallery, Los Olivos
Plein Air Painters of America, Catalina
“On Location in Malibu,” Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Malibu
2002
“33rd Juried Exhibition,” Palm Springs Desert Museum (Hon. Mention)
“Land and Legacy,” Monterey Museum of Art
“Yosemite and Sierra Grandeur,” California Art Club Gallery, Pasadena
2001
“The Figure in Drawing,” Westmont College
“Contemporary Artists Paint Yosemite,” Haggin Museum, Stockton
“Grand Canyon Expressions,” Forbes Gallery, New York
“Scenes of the Pacific,” California Art Club Gallery, Pasadena
“Working from Life,” Westmont College, Montecito
2000
“In the Footsteps of Fernand Lungren,” UCSB College of Creative Studies
“Plein Air Paintings Celebrate the Milennium,”
California Heritage Gallery, San Francisco
California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition,
Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena
1999
Invitational Group Exhibition, Easton Gallery, Santa Barbara
“Tour de Normandy,” Casa de Arte, Shreveport
1998
Invitational landscape exhibition, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco "Souvenir de Normandie," Forbes Galleries, New York City
"En Plein Air," California Heritage Gallery, San Francisco
"The Canyon and Other Colors," Art Museum of N. Arizona University
1997
"Interpretations of the Colorado Landscape," Forbes Galleries, New York
1996
"Puertas del Santuario," Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
1996
"Painting San Francisco," Plein Air Painters of America Exhibition,
California Heritage Gallery, San Francisco
"Painting Eden: California Garden Landscapes," California Heritage Gallery, San Francisco
"California Wetlands," LosAngeles County Museum of Natural History
1994
"100 Years of California Landscape Painting," Carnegie Museum, Oxnard
Ranchos de Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
1993
"Yosemite Renaissance," Yosemite Museum
1992
"A Century of Santa Barbara Landscape,” Santa Maria Museum of Art
1991
Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara
1990
"Nature Conservancy Lands," Katie Gingrass Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Plein Air Painters of America, Avalon, CA
1987
"Women Artists of California," Riverside Museum
1985
"Neo-Impressionism," Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (Best of Show)
Bakersfield Art Museum Juried Exhibition
Ojai Arts Festival (Best of Show)
1983
"California Mystique: Contemporary Women Artists," Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
"Western States Figurative Realism," Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Bibliography
Land of Sunlight - Contemporary Paintings of San Diego County, San Diego Flora, 2007
American Artist, "On Location in Malibu 2006: Paintings by the California Art Club", September 2006
American Artist, "The Oak Group: Preserving Landscape", September 2006
Fine Art Connoisseur, "Welcome, Spring: Capturing the Glory of the Garden," March 2006
American Artist Workshop, “Marcia Burtt: Bold Plein Air Painting from a Conservationist”, Winter 2005
From Sea to Shining Sea, Haggin Museum, 2004
American Artist, Plein Air Acrylics,” Acrylic Highlights, 2004
Southwest Art, “By the Sea,” June 2004
Southwest Art, “Sea to Shining Sea,” May, 2004
American Artist, “Sea to Shining Sea,” June, 2004
Enchanted Isle: A History of Plein Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island, Society for the Advancement of Plein-Air Painting, 2003
Southwest Art, “Artistic License,” April, 2002
Montecito Journal, “Marcia Burtt,” 22 November, 2001
American Artist, August, 2001, “The Oak Group”
Southwest Art, June 2001, “Best of the West—Oak Group Anniversary”
Art of the West, November/December, 2000, “Painting down the Rapids”
American Artist, December, 2000, “Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon”
Gardens of Santa Barbara, The Easton Press, 2000
Art-Talk, June/July, 1999, “Women Who Paint the Landscape”
American Artist, September, 1998, The Technical Page
American Artist, April, 1998, "On Tour in Normandy"
Southwest Art, September, 1997, "Ranchos"
Southwest Art, February, 1997, "Marcia Burtt"
American Artist, January 1997, "Interpretations of the Colorado Landscape"
Ranchos--Land Grant Ranchos of Santa Barbara County, The Easton Press, 1996
Southwest Art, June 1996, "The Oak Group"
American Artist, January 1996, "A Systematic Approach to Acrylic Landscapes'
Antiques & Fine Art, Nov.-Dec., 1991, "Then and Now"
American Artist, Oct., 1988, "Painters as Preservationists"
Art of the West, March-April, 1988, "The Glory Days"
Selected Collections
Haggin Museum, Stockton
Yosemite Museum
Grand Canyon Trust, AZ
J.Paul Bagley family
Forbes Magazine, NYC
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Nissan Motors Assurance Corporation
California Bank & Trust
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
University of Montana