Regina Burchett

I enjoy creating art in a variety of mediums, including pencil, watercolors and primarily pastels. My mother took me to my first formal art class on Guam when I was ten, and I went to a high school so small that no art classes were offered. I eventually received a B.S. degree in textiles with a minor in art from Michigan State University. Over the years, I have studied drawing, painting, calligraphy, stone sculpture, weaving, computer art and computer animation, while making a living as a geologic drafter and then as an architectural stone drafter. For the latter, I worked on the plaza at Williams Square in Las Colinas in Irving, Texas and on Canary Wharf in London. My first studies in pastel were about ten years ago. Since 1998, I have enjoyed being a member of several art guilds including the Austin Pastel Society. I am past president of the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild and the Carolina Artists Guild, and am currently Secretary of the Creative Arts Society in Austin. Pastels combine drawing and painting and bring you an experience of creating unlike any other!