BIO:
Maureen Ruddy Burkhart is an award-winning and internationally exhibited artist. She received her BFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1976 and went on to work in film, documentary photography, and always came back to her first love—fine art photography.
Burkhart’s work has been shown in Paris, London, China, Barcelona, New York, Denver, The Center for Photographic Art…and outer space—courtesy of the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity in Space. Her work has been featured in Black and White Magazine, The Guardian, All-About-Photo, Slate, Edge of Humanity, & Feature Shoot. Her photographs are in collections in the International Museum of Dance, the MIT Libraries/Collections on Islamic Architecture, The Asia Society Museum in NY, and Art Photo Index.
Statement:
With this image “The Red Mustang”, Maureen reflects on the deep connection between the horse and the landscape of the Oglala Lakota People of South Dakota.
As an artist living and working in these trying times, Maureen consciously seeks to portray beauty for its own sake…and maybe save the world too.
