Creativity is the New Vitamin C: Meet the Artist, Anne Yates Burst For Anne Yates Burst, a professional artist for nearly 70 years, creativity has always been a passion. Burst, a long-time Winter Park resident who at a young age met creative giants Ernest Hemingway and Lilly Pulitzer, credits that early passion for the first work in a lifetime of masterpieces: a kindergarten art project. “My kindergarten teacher talked to my parents, and she thought that I was very good for somebody my age...from that time on, I thought of myself as somebody who was good at art.” Burst received her bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and Art History from Florida State University, where she studied under the German-American Impressionist Karl Zerbe. She credits her time in Tallahassee as the springboard for a creative life, one that culminated with her paintings in galleries and private collections throughout the country.
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Burst’s most recent donation, a 48 x 72 in. Impressionist painting given to the Center for Health & Wellbeing about two years ago, is not
only a testament to her generosity, but to her continued dedication to creative pursuits. “I just had to put that painting up there. I just knew that my painting had that teal color and bright colors that children would like to see.” Now, at 88 years old, Burst speaks to how creativity keeps her in great physical shape. She attributes a rigorous fitness regimen — painting — for positively impacting her overall health and wellbeing and supporting her longevity. “I’ve just never sat down [while painting],” she says. “I have a seat that I can sit on, but I never sit... I mean, you are up, you are down. You’re bending over. I do have friends who work on little canvases, and they use watercolors, but they don’t move. I mean, I’m all over the place.” And all over the place, she is. Burst and her family’s world travels often inspire her themed collections done in various techniques and mediums. Her ‘The Sienna Collection’ was
