Tania Jany Brown

Creating, for me, is the attempt to understand and express something of life. Harmony, beauty and balance can be present even in the most complex and contradictory.

Imagination is a place to incubate ideas; a stage for thoughts, emotions and action. As the scene develops I am its benevolent chimerical conductor as well as narrator, choreographer, architect and gardener.

While I appreciate the importance of recording what can be seen, I am more intrigued by the unseen, ephemeral qualities that animate and give character to any thing or place. I aim to convey something of the spirit and of fragmented gesture hinting at moments about to unfold.

The trajectory of my life as an artist has been a hopscotch start-stop-start with numerous detours. Having reached a certain point on that parabolic arc, I'm aiming to devote more of my energies to making.

Some of my designs are like still scenes from a play with a hint of narrative. There is always an element of storytelling. Even when the 'stage' appears vacant of characters the viewer is presented with light, colour, pattern and texture to inspire a mood.

Currently, I'm developing a series of mixed media paintings which are something like constructing a mosaic and a mille...

Studied Visual Design at The Institute of Design - Chicago, IL USA.
Varied continuing education and experiences - Printmaking at The Academy of Art - San Francisco, CA, Clay Pottery, Wood Turning, Watercolour, Papermaking, Digital Imaging.

Most recently I participated in Transitions exhibit at The Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal Cumbria (Feb-April 2013).