Kendra's Bio

Kendra Parrish Burton has loved and studied art since her childhood in the beautiful rocky mountains and seeing the art of the masters in Europe. Her education, television work, and training with noted artists from America and other countries have given Kendra experiences which add to her ability in creating captivating works of art and in teaching others.

Prior to pursuing the field of fine art professionally, she spent seven years working in Architectural Drafting and Design as an architectural draftsman with her father's firm. There she learned about perspective, three dimensional design, and rendering. Being able to visit art museums in Europe, New York, and Washington D.C., and seeing the work of the masters first hand, has also influenced her art.

Kendra was featured in a series of Art Instructional video tapes filmed at KUTV and distributed nationally through Learn by Video Inc. Later, she completed a series of instructional oil painting programs shown on public television. Kendra has taught many seminars, workshops and classes through the years because she enjoys helping others discover their own creativity.

Her published art work displays different artistic styles. One is called "Joseph the Guardian", which is dedicated to those who tenderly care for all of God's children. Even though Joseph was not the birth father of Jesus, he played a significant role in His life as the caretaker and guardian of this most precious child. "This is particularly sentimental to me because my sister and her husband adopted a little boy from Romania when he was 2 years old. I also have cousins and friends who have adopted children with many different backgrounds." Many people find hope in this painting who have "blended" families.

Another art piece is entitled, "He Restoreth My Soul". The style is more impressionistic and textured. "It was the first painting I was able to finish after my twins were born, one having life threatening hydrocephalus who was left without the ability to walk or talk and had a feeding tube all nine years of her life."

One of the joys in her life has been to be able to be a member of the Finland, Panama, Oquirrh, Draper, and San Salvador temple mural artist teams working for Linda Curley Christensen.