Nicholas Brown:Densely Vegetated
Exhibition Running: June 4 – 25, 2010
Opening: First Thursday, June 3 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Join us in June at Gallery4Culture for a series of large-scale, black and white linoleum cuts by Seattle painter, Nicholas Brown. The prints overflow with a rich lacework of varied organic forms, each capturing in nuance, a defined moment in the constantly changing natural environment.
Brown states, “The imagery I use in my black and white linocut prints comes from organic geometry found in undergrowth landscapes ranging from temperate rainforests to tropical jungles. I define close-up scenes of forest floors with all encompassing detail to pull the viewer into an image that expands perceptions of the scale of nature via the difference in sizes of the smallest lines and shapes and the largest areas of the image. By drawing from photographs, I refine images to their basic black or white defining lines and shapes. I am interested in exploring how these basic shapes define objects and at what point a shape combines with other shapes to become an object.”
This show was made possible in part with Artist Trust GAP funding.
Nicholas Brown, Underbrush (detail), Linocut, 2010 © Photo by Nicholas Brown
