Valentine’s Day shopping can be stressful. Anyone can give flowers and chocolates but if you want to give a memorable gift, it can be tricky to find just the right thing. Flowers die and chocolates get eaten, but art lasts forever! A limited edition print could be the answer. It will still be around to …
I think about spontaneity a lot in relation to my painting. Machines are very good at starting with order and finishing with order, whereas we humans are so often messy and chaotic as we circle back and forth between spontaneity and order. Like any skill, learning how to paint initially requires more order, more absorbing …
Ok, so this title may be a bit fanciful. But it does relate to something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently, and that’s Kintsugi. Translated as “golden joinery”, Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of repairing what has been broken. Lacquer dusted with powdered gold is used to repair a dropped ceramic bowl, leaving …
I’m so excited to announce the launch of my new website: https://www.jessicabrownart.com/! I hope the new site makes it simpler for you to find what you like as you can sort paintings by size and theme. It’s also much easier to see the stories and inspiration behind each piece. With the new shop it means if …
It’s been a very busy ol’ time lately. In June I took part in my first open studios, joining 300+ other artists showing their work in Warwickshire. A huge thank you to everyone that came to visit my stand at Market Hall Museum, Warwick to look at art, talk about art, and buy art! I …