Overcoming Thoughts by Renee Brown

Overcoming Thoughts by Renee Brown

Saturday, July 20th, 2024 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Sunday, July 21st, 2024 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Saturday, July 27th, 2024 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Sunday, July 28th, 2024 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Artist Reception: Sat, July 20th from 12:00pm - 3:00pm

ABOUT THE SHOW:

An exhibition of vivid imagery of humans embracing nature in a search for solitude.

ARTIST BIO:

Renee Brown, a New York-based artist delved into photorealism while earning her BFA at the Hartford Art School. While in attendance, she became the first recipient of the Helen Charleton Scholarship for her work in portraiture and was granted the Jerry A. Shoham/Jerrys Artarama Connecticut prize for painting. After graduating in 2017, she attended the Summer Undergraduate Residency at the New York Academy of Art and has since exhibited her work across the East Coast. Her work has received numerous awards including 2nd place in East End Arts Galleries Juried Exhibition “50 Reasons Why”, International Art Magazines art prize challenge no.128 “Favorite Subjects” and “Outstanding in Painting” during Gallery North’s Outdoor Art Fair and Music Festival.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

I’ve grown up in a rural area my entire life. There is a plethora of wildlife and gorgeous landscapes everywhere you turn. In early childhood, I developed a love for birds. I studied them and learned as much as I could, from birdwatching to learning names, species, and anatomy. It was also in early childhood that I struggled with anxiety and developed an eating disorder. As I get older, I work towards recovery, one day at a time. One of the first things I started to work on was opening up about these emotions and struggles. It can be hard to put into words, so I make paintings about them. With each painting, is a new moment in time. Maybe I struggled a lot when it was conceptualized, or maybe, I was feeling ok, or confident even. When things get heavy, I remind myself it will not last forever and I paint.

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