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Bradley Burkhart was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1949. He attended Kalamazoo College in western Michigan, where he graduated with a major in art and a minor in physics. As an undergraduate, the artist traveled extensively in Europe and was profoundly impressed by Renaissance and medieval artists. He was struck by the change of human consciousness from one of spiritual orientation to one of intellectual orientation. He has been influenced by the writings of Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, and more recently Riane Eisler (The Blade and the Chalice), Leonard Schlain (Art and Physics, The Goddess and the Alphabet), and Suzy Gablik (Has Modernism Failed?) which attempt to address the reintegration of intuition with rationality and the relevance of art to social decision making. In addition to art, the artist has a persevering interest in the relationship of nature/ecology which led him to a study of horticulture and landscape architecture as well as art. These interests have led him to become a leader in native habitat restoration in Southern California. His art and landscape work, both address the deep sense of alienation from self and nature that exists today.