Drew Burnham presents, "Alive and Talking" at Bau-Xi Gallery

This July, Bau-Xi Dufferin is thrilled to share "Alive and Talking", the eagerly awaited exhibition by highly sought after Canadian landscape painter, Drew Burnham. Rather than simply depicting nature, Burnham seeks to communicate what he describes as the spirit or essence of a place, allowing each painting to evolve intuitively as he works. This approach gives his landscapes a dynamic quality in which forests seem to sway, water appears to pulse, and the entire scene feels animated by an inner life. "Alive and Talking" will be on from July 9 - August 3, 2026, with the opening reception on Thursday, July 9, 5:30 - 7:30 PM at our Dufferin gallery (1384 Dufferin St.). The artist will be in attendance. Artist statement: From nuclear particles to grasses, trees, rocks, water and so on to us, the world is made. Although it may mystify us as to how beauty and sentience ‘become', it is this beauty and sentience which informs the works I do. The only goal I have had, through the countless months spent on each of these canvases, is to create an image which passes the life force of the subject over to the viewer. Time was ignored; having taken these four paintings through a lengthy period of