Burn, Thomas E. 1940-

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BURN, Thomas E. 1940-

(Ted Burn)

Personal

Born September 30, 1940, in Lockhaven, PA; son of Edward R. (an aeronautics engineer) and Lynne L. Burn; married Dianne Gray (a teacher), July 20, 2002; children: Patrick, Timothy Edward, Lorelei. Education: Attended Atlanta School of Art, 1960-63.

Addresses

Home —631 Anderson Walk, Marietta, GA 30062. E-mail —[email protected].

Career

McDonald & Little, Atlanta, GA, advertising copywriter and artist, c. 1960-1976; senior art director for advertising agencies in San Francisco, CA, including Bottsford

Ketchum and Ogilvy & Mather; McDonald & Little, Atlanta, GA, vice president and executive art director, 1981-84; Ogilvy & Mather, Atlanta, GA, associate creative director and executive art director, 1984-88; freelance designer, art director, and illustrator for companies in Atlanta, 1988-93; Lewis Communications, Mobile, AL, creative director and executive art director, 1993-2000; freelance art director, designer, and illustrator in Atlanta, 2000—. Artist.

Awards, Honors

Numerous gold and silver Addy Awards, 1979-2000, for work as advertising artist and illustrator; San Francisco Communicating Arts Award, 1979.

Writings

illustrator; under name ted burn

Carol Crane, Y Is for Yellowhammer: An Alabama Alphabet, Sleeping Bear Press (Chelsea, MI), 2003.

Contributor of illustrations to books and industrial publications.

Sidelights

Thomas E. "Ted" Burn has served as an art director and creative artist for numerous advertising agencies and individual corporate clients. He is also known throughout the American South for his watercolors of boats and

outdoor activities having to do with water. Burn illustrated Y Is for Yellowhammer: An Alabama Alphabet because he has particularly enjoyed painting landscapes of Alabama's coastal regions. His fine art is in collections in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Oregon, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.