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Formal art
training for Alexis Burris began at The Quater School of Fine Art and Design. At nine
years of age Alexis attended classes three days a week after grammar
school. The art schools’ faculty were Chicago Art Institute
graduates who loved teaching art. She pursued eleven years of art
classes in drawing, sketching, figure drawing, sculpture,
illustration, color theory, watercolors, and oil painting. Alexis’
art training continued at the University of Arizona with a Bachelors
Degree of Fine Arts, and a coveted post graduate degree in Interior
Architecture from the The Royal Copenhagen University of
Architecture and Design in Denmark. A successful Interior
Architectural Designer in San Diego, California, Alexis Burris has
continued her love of art and horses in her artwork. Racing, The
Sport of Kings and Arabians are the most dominate themes in her
current art works.
“By the time I started first grade, I knew I loved horses. I loved
the look of them, their power, their spirit, beauty and the sweet
smell of their necks. Pony Club was a big part of my childhood.
Endless hours of grooming taught me more about horse anatomy than
any art class ever could. About the time I started Art School in 4th
grade, I was saving my allowance, and earning money doing extra
chores in order to buy grooming tools; body brushes, dandy brushes,
currycombs, sweat scraper, sand hoof picks… I studied horse anatomy
charts, determined to know all I could about them. Horses are the
thread of continuity in my life. I’ve always loved them, spending
time with them, watching and painting them. They take my breath
away!
I’ve owned and showed horses most of my life. I spent many wonderful
‘down home’ years as an adult living on a very large working cattle
ranch, South of Tucson, Arizona. I generally paint the ‘hot blooded
horses’, the fire in their eyes kind of spirit, not to say I don’t
love a good Quarter Horse. Smartest horse I ever owned was out of
Waggoner End; great cow horse, solid hooves and smarter than most
people I’ve ever met!"
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