Repost: @artofsocialdistancing 👏🏻 𝘋𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯: 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘜𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 🌴🌊🛶🐕 Deborah Brown’s paintings begin in her imagination and explore her own personal truth. Women, stripped of their protective and identifying clothing, navigate ostensibly familiar landscapes as if in a dream. The female protagonists occupy a variety of spaces: walking on an ominous beach, journeying through the forest, or paddling canoes; her heroines reside in distant locales far from the quotidian malaise of civilization. Composed of vigorous brushwork and punctuated by dynamic lines and swaths of color, Brown's paintings convey fractured, brooding landscapes that mirror the psyche and consciousness of her dramatis personae; Brown’s leading ladies captivate their onlookers; they transport us to idyllic seascapes fettered with noxious subtleties, creating a voyeuristic tension between what we see and what has yet to be revealed. Deborah Brown investigates the human figure and the looming implication of the untold story. Brown's paintings channel feelings of abjection, strength, and freedom, offering a subtext of feminine empowerment and artistic discovery. Deborah Brown 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳, 2019 Oil on canvas 77 x 88 in. 𝘍𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩, 2020 Oil on canvas 40 x 28 in. 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵, 2020 Oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘙𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘝, 2020 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in. 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 2020 Oil on canvas 48 x 60 in. 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘐𝘐, 2020 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in. 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘮, 2020 Oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. The exhibition is currently online in Gavlak’s Viewing Room: view.gavlakgallery.art/rooms/pb Contact Gavlak for pricing and availability. Link in gallery bio. © All images courtesy of the artist and Gavlak Palm Beach. @deborahbrownart #DeborahBrown #GavlakGallery #contemporaryart #figurativeart #painting #contemporarypainting #palmbeach #artofsocialdistancing #socialdistancing #deborahbrownart #partsunknown #feministart #womenartists #womenpainters #canoe #canoeing #contemporarypainting #oilpainting #dogsinart #femaleform #landscapepainting #figurativepainting (at Gavlak) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Do-MnlAxF/?igshid=1gpo6bivw5l0d
