Like most artists, I've been a maker since I was a little kid. I loved to experiment and get dirty doing it. I worked with crayons, markers, paint, plaster, paper-mache, pipe cleaners, paper, nails, glue, wood, and of course, glitter! Education and Corporate Work:My degree was in fine art with an emphasis in painting. I had the privilege to study under Wayne Thiebaud, an incredible teacher and human being. However, I continued my education and career in graphic design. My career took me to the corporate world where I found myself quickly moving away from the creative and into management.Family, Sisters and Kids:Ten years into my career in the corporate world, I met and made a family with my husband and his nine year old daughter. Four years later we were blessed with our second daughter who we adopted from Nashville; she was nine days old. With work, and two daughters, life got busy!Finding my Way Back to my Creative Roots:In 2000 and for all of these years following, I've found myself in several art school classes and workshops. In 2004, I knew it was time to get real, to begin turning away from a world in which I had been successful, and give voice to my true nature. I went back full-time to my first love, my true voice.What Inspires Me:People, nature, yoga, spirituality and science. In all those things I feel a vibration, a vibration that connects everything in this universe together. Selected Exhibitions: 2022 Desta Gallery, 5 Artist Show, "Abstraction & Figuration in Dialogue"2022 Bryant Street Gallery, Solo Show "Energetically Connected"2021 Desta Gallery, "Making Connections: Jane Burton, Andrea Wedell & Stephen Cartwright"2021 "Imaginary Travel", Jen Tough Gallery, Artist Alliance, Group Show, juror John Yoyogi Fortes2021 "Deepening the Meaning: 18 Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painters", d | a | c art space, Miami, FL2019 Andre Kohn Fine Art, "Abstraction", Scottsdale, AZ2019 Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, Ca, "For the Love of Art"2018 Gallery 903, "New Works", Portland OR2017 Jorge Mendez Gallery, Palm Springs, CA "Burton 2 Burton" Duo Exhibition2016 Calvin Charles Gallery, Solo Show, “Internal Dialog” Scottsdale, AZ2016 Frederick Holmes Contemporary, “XXX: THREE WOMEN IN ABSTRACT”, Seattle2016 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Project Space, Canada2015 Laguna Art Museum exhibition with the premier of "Burton to Burton" art filmby Dale Schierholt, Laguna, CA2015 "Burton Ecke Burton" Contemporary Fine Arts, La Jolla, CA 3-Person Exhibition2014 “Being Woman,” The Work of Five International Women Artists,, Sonoma, CA2014 Frederick Holmes Contemporary, “Rational / Irrational”, Seattle, WA2014 Grafton Centre, Cambridge, London2013 "Black, White, Red," A New Leaf Gallery, Sonoma, CA2013 Contemporary Fine Arts, “Womanhood”, La Jolla, CA2013 Cambridge City Art Fair, The Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge2013 Sculpturesite | New Leaf Gallery, Sonoma CA "Sisters" Duo Exhibition, Work from The Banff Centre Residency2013 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA2013 Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston, TX2013 "ArtHamptons New York" - International Fine Art, Bridgehampton, NY2013 RedDot Miami, Art Basel week, Miami, FL2013 LA Art Show, Represented by Axiom Contemporary, Los Angeles CA2012 Axiom Contemporary, “Burton2Burton”- Duo Exhibition, Santa Monica CA2012 Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Invitational Sculpture Show, Davis CA2012 Pence Art Gallery, Focus on the Figure, Davis CA2012 San Francisco ArtMkt Art Show, Represented by Axiom Contemporary, Los Angeles CA2012 LA Art Show, Represented by Axiom Contemporary, Los Angeles CA2011 "Art from the Earth" Featured Artist, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA2011 "BODY LANGUAGE 2011, –Recent Figurative Sculpture", Sculpturesite, Sonoma, CA2011 "ArtHamptons New York" - International Fine Art, Bridgehampton, NY2011 SF Fine Art Fair Contemporary and Modern, Represented by Lurie Galleries2011 LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA2010 "Figures & Abstraction”, William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA2010 "Invitational" Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA2009 A New Leaf Gallery Spring Show, Sonoma, CA2008 "Feats of Clay", Gladding McBean, Lincoln, CA2008 "ACGA Group Show" Pence Gallery, Davis, CA2008 "Exploring the Surface", Group of four selected artists, Davis Art Center2007 "SOFA CHICAGO 2007, Represented by Sculpturesite Gallery, Chicago, IL2007 "Layer Upon Layer: Duo Show, Gualala Arts Center, Duo Exhibition2007 “Jane Burton and Donna McGinnis”, Duo Show, William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA2006 "Body Language, Figurative Works by Five Women Artists," Sculpturesite, San Francisco2006 "Featured Artists," A New Leaf Gallery, Sonoma, CA2006 "Narratives in Clay," Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA2005 "Stories Left Behind" Solo Exhibition, Bedford Gallery Art Site, Walnut Creek, CA2005 "Juried Exhibition," Craft and Cultural Art Gallery, Oakland, CA2005 "Juried Exhibition," ArtsInk & Clay 31, CalPoly University, Pomona, CA2004 "Vessel," Oakland Museum Collector’s Gallery, Oakland, CA2004 "From the Fire," Alameda Arts Center, CA2004 "Celebration of Art," Antioch Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, CA,2004 "CA State Fair Fine Art Exhibition," Sacramento, CA2004 "The California Clay Competition," The Artery, Davis, CA2004 "Arts on Fire," Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA2004 "Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Ether," Sebastopol Center of the Arts 2003 "41st Annual Juried Show," Fairfield Visual Arts, Fairfield, CA2003 "Visions in Clay," San Joaquin Potters Guild, San Joaquin, CA2003 "One of a Kind: 2 pieces", San Francisco, CA2003 "The California Clay Competition," The Artery, Davis,2003 "The Word Made Clay" The Artery, Davis, CA EducationBFA, University of California, DavisMasters Work- Graphic Design, Chico California State University Residencies2021 Master’s Directed 8 week Independent Study (Juried Selection) with Steve Aimone2020 Master’s Directed Independent Study (Juried Selection) with Steve Aimone2020 Buffalo Creek Art Residency, Gardnerville, NV2018 Five Week Independent Study, Artist in Residence Banff Centre for Arts Canada2016 Artist in Residence Banff Centre for Arts, Alberta, Canada2014 Artist in Residence Banff Centre for Arts, Alberta, Canada2013 Artist in Residence 5 week Thematic with Sarah Banff Centre for Arts, Alberta, Canada2012 Artist in Residence Banff Centre for Arts, Alberta, Canada Teaching"Fearless Abstraction: A Painting Intensive" Advanced Workshops in Santa Fe, San Francisco Bay Area and New Orleans