St. Augustine Record: Multi-disciplinary artist displays hand blown glass at PASTA Gallery

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Clint Burbridge, PASTA Gallery’s April featured artist, is a multi-disciplinary artist who currently lives and works in Atlantic Beach.

The full spectrum of his life’s work ranges from contemporary art and commercial art to art education.

Burbridge was the art director at Jacksonville Magazine and worked for many years as an independent contractor with various ad agencies throughout Jacksonville. He has been an adjunct professor at Florida State College Jacksonville, teaching computer drawing (Adobe Illustrator) and computer photo manipulation (Adobe Photoshop).

Burbridge designs and builds contemporary furniture and has illustrated children’s books. He currently works on a contractual basis, designing and maintaining websites for a wide range of clients, as he pursues his fine arts endeavors.

In his most recent work, Burbridge has been combining elements of hand blown glass and plastic and epoxy 3-D printed components. He sometimes contrasts the natural tendencies of the two media or has them work in tandem.

Living in a lush environment near the ocean shores, Burbridge references an imaginary alien ocean. He taps into a well of originality by combining 3-D printing, an emerging technology, with hand-blown glass, another medium that reflects the abundant material of sand in the beaches of his surrounding environment.

In addition to his interest in the convergence of technologies, Burbridge’s inspiration is also art history, especially the narrative of early 20th century modernism.

The show’s opening will coincide with the First Friday Art Walk from 5 to 9 p.m. Admission is always free.

Refreshments will be served. Burbridge will be featured the entire month of April.

PASTA gallery is located at 214 Charlotte St.

For information, call 904-824-0251.