Much of my time as a jeweler was spent hand drawing precisely scaled renderings for clients during the design process. 
My Gem Series is symbolic of the years spent studying diamonds and gemstones and how to depict facets and the reflection of light onto a two dimensional surface. 
In this series, I loosen up with a more artistic approach compared to working with clients where my renderings needed to be realistic and perfectly scaled.

I am a fan of anything that contradicts itself: nature and expensive diamonds; serious and playful; ugly and pretty. I use off-balance encounters, such as these in my paintings, to create something unexpected and slightly awkward, yet beautiful all at the same time.
 
This is representative in my crow series, where I use the famously known “hood rat” of birds — the crow (or raven) – juxtaposed with high-end, glitzy diamonds and gems.

By painting the crows in portrait style, each piece ends up with its own personality and a surreal, dreamlike mood. Upon reflection of several completed pieces, it occurred to me that each crow is somehow representative of different clients that I worked with as my time as a jeweler.

Hannah Brown