New Work for Esther Brown

The art of Esther continues to evolve and develop as she explores new images and ideas through different uses of materials and themes. She often uses faces as a motif to express emotion and ideas, while incorporating familiar images that emerge from her work as the composition unfolds.

Her work is intuitive and responsorial to what unfolds,  one moment at a time, on the paper. A color, a line, or a pattern can trigger the next, causing a domino effect that yields the final composition. Her work is not planned out, but it flows from one color to the next line, and then to the next shape.

Not only has she done this in her own work, but she has taught this to the other artists who she has raised in her family, her son and granddaughter. She also shares her philosophy of art with her granddaughter-in-law, as well as her daughter-in-law. She is the first teacher of art in the Brown family as we all know and understand it.

The entire Brown family, led and inspired by Esther, is organizing and forming a plan to launch an organized art movement to get all of our art out into the world so it can be shared and experienced. Esther believes, as all of us do, that art is an experiential message that should be shared. We all share it with each other, and we want to continue making art and sharing it with others.

Please enjoy this work and comment if you have questions on anything. More work will be posted soon. Esther's work, as well as the rest of the family, is found in Coos Bay, Oregon, at The Fellowship art gallery.

New Work

Copyrights to this image belong to Esther Brown

The above image will be on display at a show opening this week.

Esther Brown is taking a more active role within the art community now. She is beginning to show and put her work out in the public eye more for viewing and to be exposed to the northern Caliornia and Bay Area. recently she just showed her work at a festival in Half Moon Bay this past weekend. The response was favorable and there was a lot of interest generated by her work.

She will be showing with the other members of her family  for Brown Art Works this week. The opening is on Friday. The following is a flyer for the upcoming opening:

Please come by and see her work. She is excited to be showing and sharing her work in the Bay Area. Esther believes in makinrt available to people in such a way that everyone has the option of experiencing it. Art is an inuitive process for her, no matter the subject or materials that she is using. Come see her work, and the work of her family, at the opening and share in this momentous occasion. There will be a raffle and food and socializing. James and the Giant Cupcake has been most generous with helping us set up this show and opening. A big thanks goes out to them! Also, come by and check out the webpage - www.brownartworks.com

Author - Jesse Brown

Preparing to Show

Here are two new pieces for Esther's portfolio that have been newly recorded and catalogued. A show is coming in the near future, we hope. It is amazing how much work and preparation goes into presenting a portfolio for a show. Marketihng one's work is a full time job, in addition to making the art. However, it is a valuable and rewarding process that gives both motivation and satisfaction. These two pieces shown here are very expressive portraits that could be included in a show that is coming soon. The final review by Esther and myself (Jesse) has to be done before we can make a final decision that fits with the direction Esther wants to go in. Thanks for stopping by and check back for more work.

-Jesse Brown

Black and White Dragon

This is a pen and ink drawing that my mother made. I always love her pen and ink drawings because she does them anywhere at any time. I have always watched her sit down while she was on the phone or watching TV and just produce work in such an automatic way. Pieces like this are automatic. I believe she used some water and a brush with the ink as well to give it the effect that you see. One thing about her work is that it is always exciting and making you think about what else could possibly be in the picture. My nephew, Gio, has always had a fascination with the mythical creatures called dragons. I think this is where Esther really started to develop a portfolio of these images. I know she has done dragons in the past...but her more recent ones have taken off and become much more intricate. For those martial artists that view this page, the dragon has a whole additional set of ideas and images that come with it for us, since it is a central image in many martial arts systems and Asian cultures - Kenpo is no exception. Since I view the world through partially crafted Kenpo glasses, I enjoy the implications of this work because what it brings to my mind. I encourage others to view it with there own glasses to bring the most that they can to this work, because that is what it should be about. enjoy and feel free to write comments and questions. The new website will be up soon and you can see all this and more there...as well as purchase work, go through themed galleries, and communicate and discuss things.

Jesse

Untitled 2 - Esther Brown

One of the things that my mother, Esther would do is just go from intuition. She paints and draws from what she sees in front of her on the paper. It is a response process. I know because this is how she taught me to do a lot of my work. When I look at a lot of her images, I see the influence she had growing up - she used to go fishing a lot as a child and she would see so many fish everywhere. As a result, she sees fish everywhere in her work.

As for color choice, shapes, etc., I cannot speak to those. I know her work is intuitive and she responds to what evolves on the paper. The rest could be related to how she feels and thinks that day. I believe that my mother's style has stayed fresh and unique all these years because she has remained true to herself. She branches out with new ideas when she feels like it, but her work is about an expression of her.

Enjoy.

Jesse Brown

New Art Posts for Esther Brown

This the first of the posts for Esther Brown, my mother, and her work. The work here will be displayed and I may offer some brief commentary, however I encourage people to view her art and take it for what they see in it. My mother is someone of few words when it comes to art. She draws and paints and does not feel a need to fill in with words - her work speaks for itself. I would classify her work as intuitive, expressionistic, and surreal. However, I know my mother wants people to simply make up their own mind and not be influenced by what she has to say about it. To paraphrase what she has taught me over the years when it comes to making art - "Just paint." Don't talk about it, don't philosophize, justify, or anything else. The work will speak for itself. With that, I leave you to enjoy and contemplate these first posts. If anyone has any inquiries regarding purchase or anything else, just email me and I will respond promptly. Thanks.

Jesse Brown