Ian Brown’s theme is “All things bright, bold and beautiful” and that is exactly what his art delivers.
Beneath his latest works are the titles Macrophylla audax? Majus inquietus? Latifolia conferti? Are these new species of plant life discovered in the northern suburbs? No, these are the titles of Ian’s latest artworks.
Ian creates from his studio in Thirroul. His style is eclectic, moving between hand-printed monotype collages using unique Japanese papers, to contemporary zinc etchings, to his latest big, bold, bright beautiful canvas acrylic paintings.
A lofty studio overlooking tree canopies and looking through an array of plant life provided the inspiration for his latest works.
“My work is always abstract… always contemporary,” Ian says. “I needed to look no further than my studio for inspiration. Hopefully, for the viewer the artworks jump out with just a hint of botanical.”
Ian was hoping the viewer would look closely and catch a glimpse of Monstera, Alocasia or a little bit of Bird of Paradise. As for the titles… Ian says he’ll leave it to the viewer to unpack the Latin.
His paintings – which are large and seek to live on large dramatic white walls – were shown in February at the locus + botanica exhibition at the beautiful Clifton School of Arts. We are very fortunate to have such a great space for artists. Ian is also involved in the Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts and the Northern Illawarra Art Trail.
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