Emily Brown

Said to be a ‘Tree hugger’ ~

emilybrownart — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:57:47 +0000

“Tree huggers,” an exhibition of works by a few artists at Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York opens Saturday April 14. Several of my drawings are included.

In memory (state 2)

emilybrownart — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:09:03 +0000

hybrid print: digital surround with text, with line etching attached; 2009, 15 x 22 inches

This is one of a series of prints I made to include brief quotations from writings by Friends. The text is subtly placed and colored, by intention. There are five different simple line etchings. These comprise State 1 of the set. Then each etching was printed on a Gampi paper, trimmed, and placed upon a large digital print. On the digital print is the text; this combination, or ‘hybrid’, is the State 2 of the set.
This particular print, ‘In Memory,’ was made during the time a dear friend suddenly passed away; lilies sent to us form the surround.

In memory (State 1)

emilybrownart — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:06:06 +0000

Line etching, 2009, plate is 8.5 x 8.5 inches, page is 15 x 11 inches

Another new drawing

emilybrownart — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 03:50:24 +0000

A few new drawings have been completed, including this.

emilybrownart — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:47:31 +0000

caption= Undergrowth, 2012, ink on paper, 46 x 51 - "This was a work in progress during the November 2011 exhibition at Gallery Joe.

emilybrownart — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:16:39 +0000

a Christmas gift to me

emilybrownart — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:35:58 +0000

John Thornton has made a little video about my work and life. He completed it yesterday, and can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-psW_kGglM

Winter solstice

emilybrownart — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:09:42 +0000

Greeting the winter

Second stage of this print

emilybrownart — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:09:41 +0000

After making the line etching seen below with the help of Master Printmaker Cindi Ettinger, I enlisted Silicon Gallery, also in Philadelphia, to work with me on a digital print. I would eventually combine this with the etching. In this piece I scanned one of my own drawings of a woodsy riverbank. Once the tones, colors, and scale suited, I added some text along the side. It is a 1698 quote from William Penn expressing the importance of balancing frugality and liberality. Not a sexy message, but a good one.
We made an edition.
Then with Cindi I made another state of the line etching, this time in a dark brown ink on beautiful translucent Gampi paper. She trimmed each and mounted them delicately onto the digital prints. Hence the mix of line etching and digital print here and in four others in the series.

Prints to India

emilybrownart — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:08:09 +0000

Last Friday I stopped at the house of Vijay Kumar, a printmaker and teacher in Brooklyn, to leave some of my work with him. He’s co-curating a group show of prints by both American and Indian artists, “Multiple Encounters Second Edition.” This will open in New Delhi at the Lalit Kala Akademi on January 23, 2012.
I’m pleased, naturally.
Pleased for the inclusion in general, and pleased because he chose two prints I made as part of a series of responses to writings by Quakers. This project was a passionate one for me three years ago but has not been seen much.
There are five pairs of prints. Each pair has an intial simple line etching, and then a second state of that line etching mounted on a digital print that I also made.
The first state is shown here. It is “Happy the Place,” 8.5 inches square. I will post the second state soon.
The show will travel to other parts of India and then perhaps to some locations in the U.S. It would be so interesting to see this show – prints by 60 artists from each of the two countries involved.