Geometric Art.

It has been a little over a month since my last post.

In that time, I have created new works. I have also updated my website.

Untitled by K. Brown, Digital Art, 2021

Echos by K. Brown, Digital Art, 2021

New Work! Sunset in the City

Sunset in the City by K. Brown, Digital Art, 2021

Season Speaks

Season Speaks by K. Brown 2012

Nature, growth, and exploration are the central themes of this artwork. I experimented with using different mediums (mainly paint pens, markers, and gel pens) on the canvas.

The bright colors mimic bright flowers in a sunny garden. Blue figure can be a butterfly or fairy or even the gardener.

My most prolific years were between 2005 and 2007. I was painting, creating digital art, and mixed media pieces. I also made jewelry.

One painting that stands out from that time is “Fire and Ether.”

I really enjoy curvy, flowing forms and I tried to incorporate that into this particular work. I wanted to create something that felt otherworldly and magically; enigmatic and slightly uncomfortable.

Fire and Ether by K. Brown 2006. Acrylic on canvas panel.

Let’s visit the past.

I’m going to take new photographs of a few of my old paintings and discuss them in some upcoming blog post.

Please stay tuned…

Baby steps..

I feel like I am starting over.

I’ve always had a hard time uplifting myself and my work.

I have been spending time looking at what other artists are doing and I wonder why I call myself a visual artist. Am I truly? My head is spinning.

Folks love photo realistic works. And that is not my strong point. I lack the patience….

I’ve pulled out some of my older paintings and thinking back to a time when I painted regularly, when I would draw regularly.

This is going to take a while…

Reawakening

It has been a long time. There have been many changes in my life. Overtime, my spark for creating has dimmed.

Trying to overcome the doubts I have about myself and my work is difficult, it is an ongoing process. Starting today, I am putting more effort into being the artist I dream of.

I am sharing part of a project I did in 2018. It is an exploration of a fantastical dimensions using spheres, flower imagery, bright colors, visual effects and manipulations.

Photo project.

Yesterday I said I was working on some photos I took of my dad. I started using GIMP 2 on my newer laptop and then this morning I remembered the photo editing site Phixr. I like Phixr because it has a lot of interesting filters to help mediocre photos. It also gives me ideas on what techniques I can use in my photo editing and as well as paintings.

So, this is one of the pictures I did using GIMP 2.

I put a blue overlay there….I liked this photo when I took it. And I’ll still work with it some more.

This next photo I did with Phixr.

I really liked how this turned out.  I think it tells more of a story and has a sense of atmosphere.

Photos and me.

I have a small collection of candid photos I took of my father. He doesn’t like having his photo taken but I ask and he concedes. I did the photos in an attempt to try to understand him better. He doesn’t always talk about what he is going through.  In any case, I’ve been trying to edit the photos (taken with the camera phone) and it has been interesting.

I haven’t done this kind of work in quite a while so nothing is looking right to me. I hope to have one I am happy with by this evening.

A Long Overdue Update!

Hello,

Sorry I have been gone for so long.

I wish I could say I have been busy with all sorts of creative projects, but that is not the case.

I have wanted to do an update and what has been going on in my life and here it is:

The past couple of years has been very chaotic for me.  My father has two forms of cancer: Multiple Myeloma and Myelodysplasitc Syndrome (MDS) with Lukemia. They stopped treatment of the Multiple Myeloma to treat the MDS as it can go down hill very fast for him if not treated.

The MDS has really taken a toll on his mental state, The chemotherapy has destroyed his short term memory. It can be like dealing with someone with a traumatic brain injury. He constantly asks the same questions over and over again. He needs to get blood thinners every night and needs to reminded to take his medications.

My Mom is being strong and being a loving wife to the best of her abilities. It is hard for me as a daughter to see my father in declining health, so I can only imagine what is like of her to seeing the man she loves waste away. My sister lives away from home but close enough to visit. She has her career with DoJ agency and wishes the situation were different so she could spend more time with the family and sharing the responsibility of caring for our Dad. She helps when she can and visits as often as she can. He is still going at the age of 82 and we blessed to have him our lives still.

I have mainly been doing photography projects as it is easy for me to pick up the camera and capture images. I am starting to paint again, slowly. It can be challenging to carve out the time.

I will be posting updates of my photo work and any illustrations and paintings I work on. I may start doing my 3D art and mix media.

Thank you so much for reading. Please keep your faith in my and my work.

Thank you so much for following and reading this blog. I really appreciate it.