William Burnham

About the artist
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Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Bill Burnham has always been expressing himself artistically in one way or another. As a child he would build three dimensional trains out of cardboard and tape. Always intrigued with building, he became a cabinet maker, a career he enjoyed for many years. Designing and building custom furniture would eventually lead him into a long term career of designing custom kitchens. Bill also had his own business designing and building kitchen accessories from wood, wrought iron and stained glass, all aspects of which he created by hand.

Since the time Bill traveled through Switzerland and France as a teenager, he has always had a love for landscape and architecture. This, along with his never-ending love for the sea, has made Cape Cod one of his favorite places for creating the images he paints with such precise detail. The positive feedback about his work has been a consistent inspiration from the start. The phrase most often heard while viewing his work is “I feel like I’m there.” His paintings draw you in and his detail entices you to look even closer.

Being an avid photographer, Bill is constantly capturing images that appeal to his senses. He then will spend whatever time it takes to create a painting that evokes the emotions that so inspired him to do that piece. His love for painting isn’t just recreating nature’s beauty on canvas, it’s the excitement of watching a painting come to life.

Bill was accepted into the Copley Society of Art after only two years of painting. He has since gone on to win several awards, locally, nationally and internationally.
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Professional affiliations include:
  • Copley Society of Art, Artist Member
  • Cape Cod Art Association, Artist Member
  • Creative Art Center, Artist Member
  • Provincetown Art Association, Member
  • Lyme Art Association, Associate Member

Gallery Representation:
  • Gallery Antonia – Chatham, MA

Exhibition Experience:
  • Old Selectman’s Building Gallery, W. Barnstable, MA – Solo Show - 7/15, 8/15 & 8/16
  • Illuminations – Exhibit at the Mass. General Hospital – 6/15 - 9/15
  • Wickford Fine Arts Fair – Juried Art Show – Wickford, RI – 7/14, 7/15 & 7/16

Awards Received:
  • Honorable Mention for Coming Home - 8/12 – Cape Cod Art Assoc.
  • People’s Choice Award for Sandy Neck Light - 9/12 – Cape Cod Art Assoc.
  • Best New England Landscape for Autumn Grace - 9/12 – Cape Cod Art Assoc.
  • Honorable Mention for Sandy Neck Light  - 6/13 – Creative Arts Center
  • Second Place for Winter’s Grace - 10/13 – Cape Cod Art Assoc.
  • Best in Show for Summer Light - 4/14 – Cape Cod Art Assoc.
  • Award of Merit for Safe Harbor - 5/14 – Copley Society of Art
  • Honorable Mention for Harvard’s Gate - 7/14 – Cape Cod Art Assoc.
  • Second Place for 4th of July at Crow Farm - 8/14 – Cape Cod Art Assoc.
  • Honorable Mention for Summer Light - 10/14 – Association of Northern Colorado
  • Award of Merit for Wellfleet Morning - 5/15 – Copley Society of Art
  • Honorable Mention for At the Start  - 8/15 – Cape Cod Art Association
  • First Place for Bow to the Wind - 1/16 – Creative Arts Center
  • Award of Merit for Innocence - 2/16 – Cape Cod Art Association
  • Award of Merit for Provincetown - 3/16 – Copley Society of Art
  • Best in Show for After the Storm - 4/16 – Cape Cod Art Association
  • Honorable Mention for Innocence - 5/16 – Light, Space & Time (Online Art Gallery, Florida)
  • 2nd Place for Summer Light - 6-16 – Cape Fear Studios, North Carolina
  • Honorable Mention for Red Beauty – 2017 – Creative Arts Center
  • Honorable Mention for Taking a Break – 2018 – Creative Arts Center
  • Honorable Mention for Early Spring Morn – 2020 – Creative Arts Center
  • Special Merit for Three Sheets – 2020 – Light Space Time online exhibit
  • Second Place for Three Sheets – 2020 – Cape Cod Art Center
  • Second Place for Evening Expedition – 2021 – Creative Arts Center
  • Award of Merit for Gentle Cove – 2021 – Copley Society of Art