Tim Burns graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1981 with a BFA in Ceramic Sculpture where he studied with Richard Shaw. Originally from Detroit, MI, he attended Oakland Community College under nationally known Rakuist and author Robert Piepenburg.

Burns moved the West Coast to finish his degree.

The SF Bay Area has been his home since 1980. He currently maintains a studio in both Bolinas and  San Francisco. For the last seventeen years, Tim has worked mainly with Digital photography and Photo Encaustics.

Tim continues to be inspired by Nature and the ever-changing display of the beauty in the world in which we live.