These four little woodcarvings are abstract renditions of four animals – Owl, Swan, Elephant and Dragon. They are each up to 9.5cm high and 10cm wide, made of two types of wood, one of which is the contrasting dark wooden plinth. I don’t have exact information about when these were made, but see there are read more…
Embarrased? The family were a little, but got used to seeing this poster Graham created to keep us away from his art studio room in Bideford, of 15 years. We always remember it as it seemed so inappropriate in a house full of females – but maybe that was the purpose! His wife, Elizabeth (my read more…
To remember Graham’s Birthday date today, I’m sharing this painting from my private collection: “Midsummer”. A Tuesday’s child, Graham was, indeed, “full of grace” – a quality that is exhibited in this dynamic flowing picture. The figure is elemental, dark skinned, dynamically positioned centre stage, with limbs energetically akimbo. The painting seems to embody the read more…
Every time I come to do something on recording Dad’s work, I’m blown away by how he managed to create what he did, with the limited time and resources he had – in so many different media. Today, I wanted to get something started for the Sculpture section, so I began by making a new read more…
I received an email out of the blue a few weeks ago, which contained a lovely surprise. A gentleman called Tom in County Mayo, Ireland wrote to say he had bought this drawing on Ebay in Ireland, and then having come across our website, wondered if the Graham K. Brown noted on the bottom left read more…
Here’s an historical curiosity I’m prompted to share after watching a programme on Whistler’s painting, “The Artist’s Mother” last night. This is the first painting I did when I went to (Edinburgh) Art College in 1980 – a self portrait with Dad in the background, at the door of the house in North Devon I’d read more…
3rd May, Graham’s (Taurean) birthday, in 1932, remembered. In going through a box of things today, I happened across this picture. This curious egyptian-style handpainted piece came from a second hand shop in Bideford, and Dad enjoyed having it on his wall. Mum (Elizabeth) was an avid astrologer, so we were always aware of how read more…
Of the various odd jobs that Dad did over the course of his life, the one written on my birth certificate is “Forester”. Our parents were, at the time, running Scotland’s first youth hostel in the borders – Broadmeadows Youth Hostel – having left the city to follow a rural-driven dream. Dad promptly left his read more…
