Della Burford raised in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Eston

Eston, Saskatchewan

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 and Edmonton

Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

 and is a Canadian artist and writer.

Burford has a certificate from NYSID and graduate degrees from the University of Alberta

University of Alberta

The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...

 and Queen’s University. Her Sacred Visionary Art has been inspired by dream

Dream

Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and purpose of dreams are not definitively understood, though they have been a topic of scientific speculation, philosophical intrigue and religious...

, different cultures including India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, ancient Celtic knowledge, shamanism

Shamanism

Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. To quote Eliade: "A first definition of this complex phenomenon, and perhaps the least hazardous, will be: shamanism = technique of ecstasy." Shamanism encompasses the...

, and imagination

Imagination

Imagination, also called the faculty of imagining, is the ability of forming mental images, sensations and concepts, in a moment when they are not perceived through sight, hearing or other senses...

. She was a Design teacher at Humber College

Humber College

Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning is a polytechnic college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber offers more than 150 programs including: bachelor’s degree, diploma, certificate, post-graduate certificate and apprenticeship programs, across 40 fields of study. Humber serves...

 North for six years. She has done storytelling, readings, live painting, writing and storytelling workshops at events and schools in Canada and internationally. Her books were plays in New York with Imaginations Unlimited. Two performances were at the Third Street School Settlement in New York and the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

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 Discovery Theatre in Washington. She studied shamanistic clowning with Richard Pochinko

Richard Pochinko

thumb|right|alt=Pochinko 1980|Richard Pochinko 1980Richard Pochinko was a notable Canadian clown trainer who developed a new style of mask/Clown performance training, known as the "Pochinko technique".-History:...

. She worked decades as an Inner City Angel artist in Toronto. Della was taught painting by her mother Desiree Burford who was a student of Jack Shadbolt

Jack Shadbolt

Jack Leonard Shadbolt, OC, OBC was a Canadian painter.-Early life:Born in Shoeburyness, England, Shadbolt came to Canada with his parents in 1912...

. Burford has created 30 years of Visionary “Dream Wheels”. She presently lives on Vancouver Island.

Publications

1. 'Journey to Dodoland’ Los Angeles 1977 Printers Institute of America award Reference 2 In Review : Canadian Books for Young People
2. ’Magical Earth Secrets’ 1990 Western Canada Wilderness Committee
   Western Canada Wilderness Committee
   The Western Canada Wilderness Committee is a non-profit environmental education organization that aims to protect Canada's wild spaces and species. Paul George, the founding director, formed the Wilderness Committee in the province of British Columbia in 1980...
   
    best seller Canada foreword David Suzuki
   David Suzuki
   David Suzuki, CC, OBC is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001...
   
   ISBN 1-895123-01-1
3. ‘Environmental Activity Guide Teacher and Home Study Guide Azatlan Publishing 1992 ISBN 1-895123-01-1
4. ‘Dodoland Adventures’ 2009 ISBN 9781419671722
5. ’Miracle Galaxy’ 2009 Eight angels guide one into health and happiness ISBN 978 0969561156

External links

1. Della Burford interviewed re Book/Play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biie6hY5V-w
2. Della Burford interviewed by Inspire Health http://inspirehealth.ca/files/IH-2007-Spring.pdf
3. Painting Style of Della Burford http://www.woodstreamstudio.com
4. Site based around Della Burford’s books http://www.dodoland.com
5. Member page for Della for the Writers Union of Canada http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=91&L=