Bill Burkett enjoys traveling the rural back roads of the country. "My paintings," he says,"are inspired by the scenes and people that I encounter on my wanderings. I am constantly saddened by the disappearing life styles and architecture that I see. I try, as best I can, to paint these places as they might have appeared in their hey days."

Bill paints with egg tempera. It is a demanding medium requiring the artist to make his own paints for each days' work. The paint is then applied in thin layers to the paintings' surface. Needless to say it is a very slow process and today few artists use this ancient medium. Early in his career Bill decided that the thin layers of color and luminosity that egg tempera affords were the special qualities that he wanted for his paintings.

Today, Bill Burkett is considered one of the modern masters of the egg tempera medium and the distinctive style in which he paints have attracted avid collectors for his originals and prints throughout the country.