Name: Jo Carol Burgard

City of Residence: Traverse City

Featured Artwork: Ten Trilliums Trilling

Exhibition: 10 FOLD, CTAC - Traverse City Cornwell Gallery

On View: now through May 23, 2025

Tell us about the creative process for the featured piece in our exhibition: Love trillium in our woods around Traverse and photograph them often. It is done in watercolor on 140 Arches and I tried hard to bring out the colors of a forest in early Spring with all the browns.

Who or what inspires your creativity? Nature.

 Where can visitors learn more about your work? Facebook.

Artist Bio: Have been painting for many years, and it is a large part of my life . Have a small group of friends that I help out with their watercoloring once a week. My love of this spectacular world we live in is often my subject, God has created such special place called Earth.

LIGHTNING ROUND!

• When I work, I listen to: Music.
• For example: Rock and Roll.
• I studied: At Kirtland Community College and taken many workshops from artists.
• "One" art-related thing I can't live without: Thinking and dreaming up paintings.
• Three words that best describe me: Friendly, perfectionist, curious.
• Three words that best describe my art: Colorful, nature, enjoyment.

Thank you Jo Carol for jumping in and joining us for the Artist Spotlight Q&A in Traverse City!