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Gary Hugh Brown (born 1941)[1] is an American artist, painter, draftsman, and professor emeritus of art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Brown has a drawing in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. He has exhibited his work in Japan, Ireland, Brazil, and the United States.[2]
Gary Hugh Brown | |
|---|---|
 Gary Brown | |
| Born | 1941 |
| Education | DePauw University (BA) University of Wisconsin–Madison (MFA) |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, printmaking, journaling |
| Awards | The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Travel Grant |
Early life and education
editBrown was born to Earl Hugh and Dorothy Aileen Brown in 1941, in Evansville, Indiana.[3] While a student, Brown designed and painted sets for the Mesker Amphitheatre in Evansville.[4]
In 1966, Brown received a Master of Fine Arts from University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin.[5]
Career
editBrown worked as an artist in Wisconsin, exhibiting his art at several galleries in the area. In that same year he accepted a position as assistant professor at UCSB.[6] In September 1966, Brown had a one-person exhibition at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science in Evansville, Indiana, where he was reviewed by The Courier-Journal.[6] In February 1971, Brown's watercolors were displayed at the Plaza Gallery of Fine Arts in Oxnard, California. His work was influenced by his travels.[7] Another exhibition in 1972, selected by Richard Ames, a critic for the Santa Barbara News-Press, was at the Gallery de Silva in Montecito Village. It included Landscape Reflection, a self-portrait of Brown done in 1971.[8][9] Brown did the drawings of the Santa Cruz Mountain Poems, by poet and author Morton Marcus in November 1972.[10][11]
Included in Anthology were Brown's drawings of the Devereaux Series sketchbooks and prints at the Art/Life Gallery.[12]
In November 1991, Brown had a solo exhibition at the Allan Hancock College Art Gallery in Santa Maria, California.[2]
His work was displayed at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science in 1966[6] and in one man shows Folded Drawings, at the Fleischer-Anhalt gallery, Los Angeles in 1967.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Brown, Gary H., Fortune". UCSB ADA Museum Omeka. Goleta, California. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ a b "Brown display at Hancock". Times-Press-Recorder. Arroyo Grande, California. November 13, 1991. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ McCray, Marilyn (1979). Electroworks. Michigan: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ "University of Colorado Student Holding One-Man Art Exhibit". Evansville Courier and Press. Evansville, Indiana. February 7, 1962. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ Carey, Ann (August 30, 1966). "Gary Brown masters". Evansville Press. p. 11.
- ^ a b c "Young Artist's Giant Drawings A Strike for 'Independence'?". Louisville, Kentucky: The Courier-Journal. September 11, 1966. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Artweek 1971-01-16: Vol 2 Iss 3". Spaulding Publishing Inc. January 16, 1971. p. 8. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "Exhibits". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. October 20, 1979. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ "Artweek 1972-02-26: Vol 3 Iss 9". Spaulding Publishing Inc. February 26, 1972. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "A city boy in the land or redwoods". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. May 1, 1992. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "Mountain Man Writes Poetry". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. November 12, 1972. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "Calendar Art". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 7, 1982. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ "Art And Artist 'Delicate Chords'". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. Hollywood, California. January 19, 1968. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
