Jeremy Browne was brought up among the open landscapes and farms of central Ontario, developing an early fondness for the architecture and the rugged materials of local farm buildings. Today, the main subjects of his paintings are those buildings and those of the northeastern United States.
Pre-Dawn, acrylic, 12 x 20 in.
The American painter of rural Pennsylvania and coastal Maine, Andrew Wyeth, said, “I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter.” Browne takes a similar approach, stating, “I have found that painting a winter landscape allows me to focus all of my attention on the light and mood of my painting, and not focus on the foliage of a tree.”
He does focus, however, on the complex structures and the materials they are made of, taking pleasure in painting the details of old building materials such as stone, clapboard and wood. “I enjoy the challenge of trying to recreate their rustic surfaces and textures,” he says.
Rounded Off, acrylic, 8 x 6 in.
Twenty-one of his latest acrylic paintings will be shown in a solo exhibition at InSight Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas, November 1 through 22.
In Pre-Dawn, the barn and its various appendages sits solidly in the winter landscape, light glowing in the windows as the farm hands’ day begins early. —
InSight Gallery 214 W. Main Street » Fredericksburg, TX 78624 » (830) 997-9920 » www.insightgallery.com
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