Kate Bingaman Burt- 4/18/15

Kate Bingaman Burt is an artist that focuses mainly on illustrations and the day to day life of most people. In her first book, Obsessive Consumption: What did you buy today? She took a picture of every single thing she bought for two years. While I personally think this is insane, and extremely yes, obsessive I understood her motives behind this. " I make piles of work about the things we BUY and (want) and the emotions attached to our (STUFF)". One thing that is very likable about Burt is that she is an everyday normal person. She hates sketching like myself, but made herself sketch every day for a year and now she loves it. This is also a goal I am setting for myself this summer. She comes across very awkward and strange but is a extremely successful and ever changing artist. I really like the way she sketches and interprets everyday items. The way she draws is something to what mine looks like, very simple lines and pretty accurate. I really like how simple and wonderful a whole page of these mashed together looks.