{"id":24193,"date":"2015-12-04T22:33:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T06:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=24193"},"modified":"2015-12-05T16:46:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T00:46:48","slug":"welcome-to-boburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/welcome-to-boburg\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;welcome to boburg&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24196\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers1.jpg\" alt=\"bobbieburgers1\" width=\"584\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers1-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3997163\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Is it spring yet? Vancouver based painter <a href=\"http:\/\/bobbieburgers.squarespace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bobbie Burgers<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0gorgeous abstract-ish floral paintings will have you wishing for peony season sooner than later. I wrote about her a few months ago, and through a few weird Instagram messages we realized that we had actually gone to university together. Crazy! Obviously we had to talk about this in person, so I invited her onto the podcast <em>{but had to peer pressure her into downloading Skype first}<\/em>. Press play right up there under Bobbie at work, or you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>. First up, a few of my favorite blooms by Bobbie:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers2.jpg\" alt=\"bobbieburgers2\" width=\"584\" height=\"1869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers2-94x300.jpg 94w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers2-320x1024.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24198\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers3.jpg\" alt=\"bobbieburgers3\" width=\"584\" height=\"2812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers3-62x300.jpg 62w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gorgeous! Speaking of gorgeous, this is her insanely <em>amazing<\/em> new studio that we were talking about. Brace yourself for studio envy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24199\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers4.jpg\" alt=\"bobbieburgers4\" width=\"584\" height=\"2155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers4-81x300.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yep. <em>Ah-<\/em>mazing. Don&#8217;t you kind of want to sit on that blue couch, drink coffee, and watch Bobbie paint giant flowers all day long? <em>Sigh.<\/em> And now, some of her latest work&#8230; the &#8220;drawings&#8221; she was talking about:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers5.jpg\" alt=\"bobbieburgers5\" width=\"584\" height=\"1395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers5-126x300.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers5-429x1024.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah, so rich, and loose, and beautiful. Now, if her studio in North Vancouver <em>{or &#8220;Boburg&#8221;, according to the speed round}<\/em> isn&#8217;t enough for you, this is where she works when she&#8217;s in my neck of the woods. You can see why she said it&#8217;s hard to concentrate here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers6.jpg\" alt=\"bobbieburgers6\" width=\"584\" height=\"1665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers6-105x300.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers6-359x1024.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t it beautiful? I am <em>so<\/em> inviting myself over there this Christmas &#8211;\u00a0I literally live about a 15 minute drive from here! And finally, one of my favorite things we talked about&#8230; the fear of big white canvases, and the little message she repeats to herself <em>{and tacks to her studio wall}<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24202\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers7.jpg\" alt=\"bobbieburgers7\" width=\"584\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bobbieburgers7-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love. Forget perfection, just go for it. <em>Ahhh,<\/em> so wise. Well there you have it &#8211; those were the flowers, and stripy shirts, and beautiful spaces that make up Bobbie&#8217;s world. Thanks so much to her\u00a0for hanging out with me on Skype, to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saatchi Art<\/a>\u00a0for supporting the episode, and HUGE thanks to you for listening\/looking! I&#8217;ll be back next week with another episode.<\/p>\n<p>Other links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bobbieburgers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bobbie&#8217;s gorgeous Instagram feed<\/a> \u00a0\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bobbieburgers.squarespace.com\/images-2-5-1-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bobbie&#8217;s\u00a0sculptures<\/a> \u00a0\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bau-xi.com\/dynamic\/artist.asp?ArtistID=268946\" target=\"_blank\">Show at Bau-Xi Vancouver<\/a> \u00a0\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/18\/blossoms-burlesque\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tiffanie Turner&#8217;s paper flower work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it spring yet? Vancouver based painter Bobbie Burgers&#8216;\u00a0gorgeous abstract-ish floral paintings will have you wishing for peony season sooner than later. I wrote about her a few months ago, and through a few weird Instagram messages we realized that we had actually gone to university together. Crazy! 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