As part of this year's Maine Drawing Project, Emily Brown will exhibit work in the Clifford Gallery from August 5 to September 28 with an exhibit titled "Drawings and Re-Collections".

The materials in the collages derive from a very personal source: my affection for rural mid-coast Maine, our summer home for four decades. Strong traces of the early agricultural society remain throughout the area and within our house. Minor remnants of lives before us have lingered in drawers with no clear use, small unlikely treasures interesting enough to save. They remind us of our affectionate curiosity about past generations here. Last year I began putting some old incomplete drawings and prints based on Maine’s landscape to new use, combining disparate parts. Some of the ephemera have entered this mix of specifics in intuitively found new orders."

Brown, a well known artist from Philadelphia and long time summer resident of Montville, creates large-scale black and white images on paper, often derived from a closely-observed piece of landscape, whether a water surface or tangle of branches. She uses traditional Asian techniques in a loose, contemporary style to explore the rythms and patterns of nature. The result is work that feels quiet & contemplative, sometimes minimal, sometimes overwhelmingly detailed.
Brown, a former Pew Fellow, has lectured and taught at both the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts and the Graduate Program of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.  www.emilybrown.net. Brown will give an artisit's talk on Tuesday, August 16 at 7pm.
The exhibit and talk is sponsored by Michelle Morrow DMD and Ellie Daniels and Donna Broderick.

Brown will also teach a weekend workshop "Drawing in Black and White" on Saturday and Sunday August 20 and 21 from 9:30 to 4:30 each day. Please call the office for more information or to register.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday from 1 to 5 (through the end of August) and by appointment. Call 207 338 2222 to arrange.

Belfast Boys, Emily Brown