Diane Burko

Who is Diane Burko?

Diane Burko is an American painter and photographer.

For over 40 years Diane Burko’s practice has focused on monumental and geological phenomena throughout the world based on her ability to investigate actual locations on the ground and from the air from open-door Helicopters and Cessnas with cameras as well as sketchpads. Her paintings are derived from that process. Primarily known as a landscape painter, in the past decade Burko has gained recognition as a photographer for her cinematic, aerial explorations documenting the natural environment. Her focus has been alternatively panoramic and intimate. Not only has she captured broad expanses of the Pacific Northwest and the volcanoes of Italy, she has also developed a more intimate focus on her own environment in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Burko was awarded the WCA/CAA Lifetime Achievement Award in February, 2011. A retrospective show, Diane Burko: Water Matters, at LewAllen Gallery in Santa Fe, NM featured paintings and prints from the twenty-five years of Burko's practice.