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Meet Colleen Brown
Colleen Brown is an internationally recognized, professional artist who specializes in still life pastel and oil paintings. Born in Australia, Colleen now calls the USA home. I love birds, animals, florals and of course still life. I've been an artist most of my life and an avid admirer of the natural world. Thank you for dropping by! ~ Colleen
Category Archives: Studio Chat
Glazed Pastels – No glass or frame required.
I love working with pastels but find the cost of preparing a lot of pieces for a show very expensive. Wanting to find an alternative I came up with my glazed pastel method. I mount the paper to a panel … Continue reading
Posted in New Art, Studio Chat
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Ohio Art Show a Success!
Just a quick note to catch you all up. My art show at The Red Z Gallery in Mt. Vernon, Ohio was a great success. I had sold quite a few paintings and garnered a new commission before the show … Continue reading
Posted in Shows & Exhibitions, Studio Chat
Tagged art, Colleen Brown, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, opening, show, The Red Z Gallery
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Peach ‘n Cherries – Original Oil Painting
Peach 'n Cherries - Original oil painting
Today’s painting is of some luscious red summer cherries (even at $8,99 a pound!!) and a sweet smelling peach. I’m glad this painting is finished because those cherries look like afternoon tea to me!
This painting is oil on panel and measures 7 x 5 inches.
You can bid on this painting at the Daily Paintworks!
Inspired…
Calan Portrait – Day 3 – Pastel 20 x 16 inches. I never thought having a grandchild would be so inspiring. Every photo I view I see a new painting one way or another. I’ve decided to paint a rather … Continue reading
New Etsy Store Now Open!
Be sure to drop by my new Etsy store. There you can purchase original works of art, prints and notecards. New products will be added as they become available.
Posted in Studio Chat
Tagged art, artwork, buy, Colleen Brown Studio, Etsy, new, notecards, originals, prints, purchase, sales
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Portable Art Mediums – Product Review
I travel quite a bit and with the restrictions being imposed at airports have had some of my supplies taken away from me. Sketching on location is a fun activity and I like to make notes beside my sketches in … Continue reading
Posted in Product Review, Studio Chat
Tagged artist, colored, coloured, Dick Blick, medium, pencils, Prismacolor, quality, travel
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Technical Issues…
Please excuse the mess of my blog … since the upgrade to Wordpress 3.0.5 none of the themes seem to be working. I am currently trying to find a fix for this and we should have it looking all spifferiffic very soon..
Thanks for dropping by even if it isn’t pretty when you get here!
Cheers for now,
Colleen Continue reading
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Easel Update
oday I have darkened the background, given both the cherries and bowl more form and added to the butterfly.
Orignal oil painting by Colleen Brown. Butterfly on Cherries 7 x 5.
Butterfly on Cherries in progress
To increase my artwork production I intend to begin working on more than one painting at a time. I have always worked one primarily and waited until that is finished before beginning another. Times are changing and I am adopting some new ideas for my studio. Continue reading
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Tagged artwork, blue, brown, butterfly, cherries, oil, original, painting, red, still life, white
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Day 2 – I Feel smARTer Already!!
Day 1 of the 2011 smARTist Telesummit was really superb. Topics discussed by the Mastermind panel included: Updating your website – how often etc., What if you work in two or more mediums – how to handle the marketing for that, How to build an effective mailing list and so much more. I know I wrote about ten legal pad pages of notes. Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, artist, Day 2, education, information, smARTist, Telesummit
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Getting Down to Business!
The smARTist Telesummit is an online career focus program designed specifically for artists. I participated last year in 2010 and couldn’t wait to sign up again this year. So much information is offered that I consider it an essential part of my art education and ongoing acquisition of business acumen. Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, 2011, artists, business, money well spent, seminar, smARTist, Telesummit
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