Susan Q Brown

SUSAN Q. BROWN is known for her abstract and contemporary work that evokes the natural landscape and human forms. While Brown works from her impressions of the natural world, she also draws upon pillars of art history – such as ancient works by Buddhist and Indian artists in the East, and from Western contemporary masters Agnes Martin and Mark Rothko. She uses a vibrant palette of richly layered oil colors, working with a combination of dimensional luminosity and flat opaqueness.

Susan Q. BrownBrown spent her early years traveling the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe—painting, sailing and absorbing other cultures. She received a BA in painting from Vermont College. In 2010, in collaboration with her husband, sculptor Aaron Brown, she was awarded three major grants from the Maine Arts Commission totaling $119,000. The most notable of these is WaterFlows, a large-scale exterior steel and resin sculpture placed adjacent to the quad at Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor.

Her work has also appeared in the international digital exhibit Art Takes Times Square; the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Vermont; University Gallery, UMASS Amherst; Fitchburg Art Museum, MA; and the Attleboro Museum, MA. Also a Kundali...

Upcoming Exhibition
MARCH 24-26, 2017
Paradise City, Marlborough MA

Show details google here:
https://festivals.paradisecityarts.com/shows

My work is a Director's Pick:
https://festivals.paradisecityarts.com/spring-marlborough-directors-picks