Fine art photography by Gil Burns

Home waters & far horizons

Lake Mendota in winter and summer, loons and eagles of the Wisconsin woods, and the sea stacks and mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

Pictured: Haystack Rock at Pacific City

Galleries

Sea stack offshore beside sandstone headland, barnacled rocks and surf on wet beach under gray sky

Landscapes

Lakes, prairies, forests, and big skies — the land in its best light.

3 photographs

Common loon on lake water with both wings spread wide, black head and white-checkered back

Wildlife

Birds and animals in the wild, met on their own terms.

4 photographs

Bare trees silhouetted on a grassy lakeshore under rippled clouds, distant skyline across the water

Madison Wisconsin

The Capitol, the isthmus, and the landmarks that give Madison its character.

2 photographs

Every image here is made and finished by hand — composed in the field, developed with care, and presented at the size it was meant to be seen. About the photographer