• Deborah Brown’s recent paintings were made during the Covid-19 pandemic in New York, where the artist lives and works. Reflecting...

    Deborah Brown in her studio, 2020

    Deborah Brown’s recent paintings were made during the Covid-19 pandemic in New York, where the artist lives and works. Reflecting a time of social isolation, the paintings depict individuals in domestic settings with their pets, as well as still life objects drawn from the artist’s collections. The common thread is an examination of what it means to be human in a time of loss and resilience.

     

    Brown represents the consciousness of the sitter and the phenomenological act of seeing that unfolds when the viewer meets the gaze of the subject portrayed. Different viewpoints are employed to place the viewer in a variety of roles: friend, observer, intruder, story teller. The still life's function, similarly to portraiture, is to reveal the life of the artist, and function as a gatekeeper to their thoughts and feelings. Through the action of the paint and brushwork, the figurines, plants and domestic articles come alive and assume a human character. The environment created by the paintings is both specific and universal, reminding us that each of us is alone in our inner and external worlds.

  • Night Bathtub

    2020, Oil on canvas, 152 x 122 cm
  • Home Alone, 2020, Oil on canvas, 224 x 196 cm And Bathtub Self-Portrait with Zeus, 2020, Oil on canvas, 224 x 196 cm (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Peacock Screen, 2020, Oil on canvas, 152 x 122 cm And Night Bathtub, 2020, Oil on canvas, 152 x 122 cm (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Shadows, 2020, Oil on canvas, 152 x 122 cm (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Troutman in Deborah Brown's studio, 2020 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).

    Home Alone,  2020, Oil on canvas, 224 x 196 cm

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    Bathtub Self-Portrait with Zeus, 2020, Oil on canvas, 224 x 196 cm

  • "We surround ourselves with things that reflect us. Art is no different, it is a window onto our experience."

  • Artworks

    • Peacock Screen 2020 Oil on canvas 152 x 122 cm
      Peacock Screen 
      2020
      Oil on canvas
      152 x 122 cm
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    • Shadows 2020 Oil on canvas 152 x 122 cm
      Shadows
      2020
      Oil on canvas
      152 x 122 cm
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    • Self-Portrait with Peety 2020 Oil on masonite 61 x 46 cm
      Self-Portrait with Peety
      2020
      Oil on masonite
      61 x 46 cm
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    • Hunters in the Snow 2020 Oil on masonite 61 x 46 cm
      Hunters in the Snow
      2020
      Oil on masonite
      61 x 46 cm
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    • Rainbow 2020 Oil on masonite 61 x 46 cm
      Rainbow
      2020
      Oil on masonite
      61 x 46 cm
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  • About Deborah Brown

    Deborah Brown received a BA from Yale University and an MFA from Indiana University.  Recent exhibitions include: Anna Zorina Gallery, New York; Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles and Palm Beach; Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston; The Lodge, Los Angeles; Volery Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.;  Freight + Volume, New York; Lesley Heller Gallery, New York; BravinLee programs, New York; Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, and Angell Gallery, Toronto. Her work has been written about in The New York Times, Art Forum, Art in America, Artillery Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Observer, ARTnews, Artnet, Juxtapoz Magazine, Galerie Magazine, Houston Chronicle, The Denver Post, Madame Figaro, Hyperallergic and ART-Das Kuntsmagazin. Brown has been a visiting artist and lecturer at Penn State University, Hunter College, Pace University, Columbia University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Yale University and Art Omi.  Her work is represented by Anna Zorina Gallery, New York; Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles/Palm Beach; and Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston. She is a 2020 Fellow in Shandaken Projects’ Paint School Master Class.

  • Self-Portrait with Peety

    2020, Oil on masonite, 61 x 46 cm
  • Still Waters in a Storm

    Still Waters in a Storm

    10% of proceeds from each Platform exhibition are dontated to a charity chosen by the artist. Deborah Brown's chosen charity is Still Waters in a Storm: a one-room schoolhouse in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It acts as a sanctuary of learning, teaching reading and writing to children between the ages of 5 and 17. They host regular meetings for children in the area to communally study a text. The children then write something inspired by what they have heard and read it back to the group. The one rule is "everyone listens to everyone."