"A Touch of Red" by Glenda Brown

* Original oil painting on copper  //   Estimated value = ?

* Total dimensions (unframed) = 6 x 6 inches

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Artist Bio

Glenda Brown studied with Kathryn Manzo at Memphis College of Art in Memphis Tennessee. In1998, Glenda joined other art students with Kathryn Manzo as instructor to found the Contemporary Realist Academy – A classical atelier based on the European-academic tradition. She studied and painted intensely for almost five years, at a pace of four nights per week.

In 1998, Glenda submitted work to a national juried show in Montgomery, Alabama, winning the “Grand Prize” at the American Society of Portrait Artists. This prestigious award marked the beginning of Glenda’s portrait painting career.

Continuing to strive for excellence, in 2001 Glenda studied at Universite D’Angers in Angers France. In 2003 she studied under Nelson Shanks at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Glenda continues her studies with prominent artists in workshops throughout the United States. Glenda feels it is important to keep her passion burning. She never stops learning!

Glenda has been featured in The Commercial Appeal several times, and in April – May 2004 issue of International Artist Magazine, 2012 Nashville Arts, and 2014 Germantown Charity Horse Show magazine.

In 2013, Glenda was contacted by Walter Foster Publishing Company to illustrate and write a chapter in their upcoming book, “The Art of Basic Oil Painting’” the book was released in February 2014. She wrote Chapter 2, Painting Portraits.