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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
Tag Archives: mounted
Orchid Beauty
I’ve always believed that original artwork should be within anyone’s budget. As part of my effort to walk the walk I do some smaller pieces that can be priced affordably allowing more people to make purchases. It also makes sense in these tougher economic times to adopt the “McDonalds” approach – sell lots of units at lower prices thus keeping the dollars for dog food and more art supplies coming in!
This 6 x 6 inch painting is an original pastel piece mounted to a cradled panel. I love orchids for their beauty and elegance. They remind me of warmer days (it’s currently snowing outside) perusing the garden stores and my longing for spring comes to the fore. Continue reading
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Tagged Art Spectrum, drawing, mounted, orchid, painting, pastel, sealed, Terry Ludwig
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Chickens running amok in Studio
Sometimes we artists can take ourselves a little too seriously. It’s very refreshing to just let loose and paint whatever it is that’s ruminating in your mind. At the moment our family is dealing with imminent loss and I am finding it an essential survival technique to paint fun things. I’ve always had some fascination with chickens, roosters, cows and farms, which is somewhat odd especially since I was pretty much raised in suburbia. Continue reading
