Commentary
Dreams have served as an influence for many a great thinker, New York based artist Renee Brown included. Inspired by the work of renowned dream interpreter, John Paul Jackson, ‘I paint what I see in dreams and visions,’ says Brown, whose dreams let her be master of the past, present and future. Brown’s resulting oeuvre, which is inclusive of figurative and abstract drawing, has a dreamlike quality, where lines and colors are clear and defined, but never jarring or distracting.
– Jennifer Woods, Editor, Art Business News, “50 Emerging Artists, 2012”
Renee Brown’s paintings demonstrate extraordinary diversity, highly skilled execution, and breathtaking depth of feeling.
– Tim Hill, Director of Artbook Press, former head of NYGS Books
…Brown leads the viewer to the Divine Dance, waking up to the music of Wisdom and a mystical Presence. It is a river, a Holy River that runs through her art…an awe-filled complexity relieved at center with her powerful belief in the unifying certainty of God’s presence.
– Anthony Bannon, Executive Director, Burchfield Penny Art Center
Background
- State University Collage Buffalo Gifted and talented program at age 16
- 1979-1980 State University College at Buffalo
- Studied painting, sculpture and art history, Sienna, Italy
- 1982 BFA cum laude, fine art, painting, Rochester Institute of Technology
- 1982-2000 Numerous group shows throughout Buffalo
- 1983 First place, figure drawing competition, Cepa Gallery, Buffalo
- 1990 MAH at U. Buffalo; 45 hours in MFA painting program, Schomburg Fellow
- 1998 Group show at Theodore Roosevelt Mansion, Buffalo
- 1999 One woman show, Broadway Polish Gallery
- 2000-2001 Judge for various City of Buffalo art projects
- 2003 One woman show, Olean Public Library, Olean, New York
- 2003 NAACP Annual Gala, featured artist award
- 2004-2005 Paintings sold at Burchfield Penny Art Center auctions
- 2005 Buffalo Arts Studio, Tri-Main Gallery, first prize, drawing
- 2006-present Dream Interpretation Studies, John Paul Jackson
- 2008-2009 Group show, Empire College, Buffalo
- 2010-2011 Interactive Dream installation part 1, Burchfield Penny Art Center
- 2011 Artexpo, New York, exhibitor
- 2012 Group show, Trevisian Art International, Ferrara, Italy
- 2012 Group show, Artist Among Us, Burchfield Penny Art Gallery
- 2012-2013 Preparation of first book with Artbook Press, “Dreamscapes”