NOTISM
Notism art exalts the Beauty of Memory. It’s symbolic of primal loss; the fading reality of nature’s perfection. These hieroglyphic scribbles and scrawls manifest in a unique pictorial language that reflects our urgent efforts to preserve personal and rapidly fleeting histories.
It symbolizes our attempts to form a connection between internal memory fragments and nature’s raw symbols, textures, and colors. The haunting pain of life passing by is laid bare in textual writings that serve as metaphors for our past; a visceral loss of the profound feelings that accompany our recall of emotionally charged events.
Notism (“NO-tizm”) also assaults information overload and helps us preserve the organic power of communicating through intimate, hand-written notes. The Notism movement was founded by Ron Burkhardt in 1999.
NOTISM: "Palm Beach Pandemonium" 2020. Acrylic, Oil, Pen & Ink on Paper Collaged on Canvas. 30 x 48" (On Exhibit @ The Palm Beach Design Showroom, 2021, and The Winter Art Show, 2023, West Palm Beach/FL) $18,000.
NOTISM: "ALI," 2005. Acrylics, Enamel, Pen and Ink on Canvas. 18 x 36" (Original in Private Collection of Muhammad Ali, On Exhibit @ Ali Center Museum, Louisville/Kentucky) Limited Edition #5 of 21 (Archival Inks on Imported Paper Prints) @ $5,000.
NOTISM/CITYSCAPES: "Notism/Primeval" 2004. Acrylics, Pen & Ink on Paper and Found Objects on Collaged Canvas. 36 x 48" (Exhibited @ Vanderbilt Gallery, Naples/Florida, November-December/2005, @ Paul Fisher Gallery, West Palm Beach/Florida, November-December/2008 and at AOFA Gallery, City Place Tower South Gallery, West Palm Beach/FL) $18,500.
EARTH ART
EARTH ART: "SnowFire" 2020. Confluence of Acrylics and Enamel on Canvas Fused w/Water and Indigenous Soil, Bleached in Sun. 37 X 70" (On Exhibit @ Paul Fisher Gallery Winter Art Show/West Palm, 2020 and @ AOFA Gallery, West Palm/2023) $21,000.
Rooted in earth’s gritty reality, Earth Art reveals intriguing layers of textural substrates forged from earth’s crust.
Heralding the complexity, beauty and power of our planet, Earth Art canvases fuse paint, water, raw dirt, snow, rain and intense sun over a period of weeks to create otherworldly dimensions and color forms that exude a uniquely organic emotional energy.
It’s exciting to see unexpected juxtapositions emerge as nature forms its own rich palettes of colorations, ultimately affirming that what is beautiful today does not endure forever.
Each is signed and dated on the back, identifying the legacy city in which the art was originally formed.
EARTH ART: "Jackson Cascades" 2011. Confluence of Acrylics, Enamel, Indigenous Soil, Diamond Dust and Water Fused on Sun-Bleached Canvas. 47 x 60" (On Exhibit @ LuminArte Gallery/Dallas, May 2013, and in Burkhardt Solo Show @ Manolis Projects/Miami, April-May 2022) $24,000.
EARTH ART: "White Winds" 2020. Confluence of Acrylics and Enamel on Canvas Fused w/Water and Indigenous Soil, Bleached in Sun. 40 x 70" (On Exhibit @ Paul Fisher Gallery Winter Art Show/West Palm, 2020.) $24,000.
LETTERSCAPES
LETTERSCAPES
Evolving out of early Mesopotamia cave paintings into the visual language of Notism, Burkhardt's new contemporary American LetterScapes art is comprised of his own abstract alphabet. These unique works are precise and powerful with architectural imagery and geometric color blocks that create bold "word portraits" and "modern text messages" that spell well-known word forms.
