A detail of a painting by Austin Burke, showing an elegant cottage in a wooded landscape, with many steps leading down a hilly slope, and flags of many nations hanging from the deck.

Austin Burke

Painting the spirit of NEPA

Austin Burke smiling at the camera while working on a painting outdoors in an urban setting.

About Austin

Austin Burke is a product of the region and of proud, hard-working immigrant ancestors. Burke has worked to record the pride of the populace, their creations and their celebrations through a series of paintings he produced over the past two decades.

Now retired after a forty-year career as former president of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, Burke is making his work available to friends and admirers who have requested it and to the residents, visitors and alumni who share a love for this Northeastern Pennsylvania community. Learn more…