Colin Brown April 15, 2021 – Posted in: Artists
Artist : Colin Brown
Original Acrylic and Limited Editions - Colin Brown
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![Painting of view of whitehall with Big Ben]()
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![Venice From The Ship]()
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![Grand Canal]()
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![Crossing the Thames]()
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![Bright Lights of NYC]()
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![Coffee With A View]()
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![St Pauls]()
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After completing a four year course at Canterbury College Of Art, I embarked on a career for 24 years as an illustrator- visualizer based in the West Country. As a freelance I was able to work for diverse range of Advertising, Design and 3 D companies in Bath, Bristol as well as London and Europe. I had the opportunity to work on many campaigns for many different companies Hasbro, Mattel, Cadbury’s, Saga, Corgi Toys to name just a few. I later went on to illustrate for publishing, in teaching books, magazines, posters as well as being commissioned by The Guinness Book Of Records.
I now am a fine artist producing mainly one subject, being street scenes of the world. I like to evoke a sense of atmosphere and the feeling of being there through a loose style taking my influence from the Impressionists and Fauvism, using my visualising ways to produce the work. I take on commissions and alongside this I also teach workshops and give live demonstrations.
My work is mostly influenced from the Impressionists, although I like all forms of painting. One of my biggest inspirations is Monet and the way he used paint and the single strokes of applied colour. I also like to make every stroke count and to be seen. This can give a great sense of movement. I love to paint in a way that is free and loose, not being constrained by detail. I want to convey a sense of atmosphere and as if the painting was a fleeting moment in time. I concentrate on the light as being the most important thing within the painting and only adding the detail to knit the scene together, when needed.