Eileen Brown - Early Spring
Original oil painting 12 inches by 12 inches
about the artist
eileen guernsey brown
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." (Rumi, 1207-1237)
I enjoy everything about being outdoors– the sounds, smells, colors and rapidly changing light. “En plein air” “ is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. Plein air painting challenges the artist to capture immediate impressions of what the eye sees. This is the creative process that inspires and motivates me to get out and paint as often as possible! Wherever I find myself set up with paints and canvas, in my home studio or outdoors, my goal is to use fresh brushwork and expressive color to create a painterly translation of the subject before me. As Edgar Degas put it, "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
Background
Eileen is a transplanted Californian, living in Salt Lake City since 1976. She attended Pasadena City College, California (AA degree), then the University of Utah (BFA in Fine Arts). Married with two grown children, Eileen spent her early professional career as a Graphic Designer, then earned a degree in Education, teaching in the Salt Lake Public schools for 27 years , the last ten as an art teacher. Recently retired, Eileen now enjoys spending time painting, reading, and hiking -- usually combining those activities on trips with her husband and dog to locations in the West.
My studio is in the Avenues neighborhood in Salt Lake City. Please contact me if you’d like to stop in and see what’s new (and not on the website yet)!
For Upcoming exhibitions and events, see "Events"
Past Shows and Awards
Escalante Plein Air 2019, 3rd Place in "Paint the Town"
Winner of Top 15% Bold Brush Favorites, May, 2018
Jeanne Wagner Community Center, Salt Lake City solo show, Jan. 2018.
Spring City Plein Air, Merit Award, Spring City, Utah - 2107
Driggs Plein Air 2017, 1st Place and Artist Choice Award, Driggs, Idaho - 2017
Artwork appearing on covers of Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club Annual Reports 2017
“Why this Works” write up in “Plein Air Today” magazine, April 26, 2017
St. George Art Festival Purchase Award, April 2017
Bountiful Davis Art Center - Annual Statewide Show , May/June 2016
Slusser Gallery - Holiday Show, Dec. 2015
Spring City Artist Exhibit, Spring City, Utah - Sept. 2015
Driggs Plein Air Show - Driggs, Idaho - July 2015
Eccles Annual Statewide Art Show - July 2015
Plein Air Paradise, Honorable Mention - Midway, Utah, July 2015
Spring City Group Show - Rio Grande Station, Salt Lake City, July 2015
Slusser Gallery - Holiday Show, Dec. 2014
Zions Bank Annual Show, Salt Lake City, Utah - Nov. 6, 2014
Driggs Plein Air Competition, 2nd place - Driggs, Idaho - August, 2014
Plein Air Paradise, Honorable Mention - Midway, Utah - July, 2014
Lodge Gallery Group Show, Pioneer Theater, Salt Lake City - Oct-Nov. 2013
Solo show, Finn's Restaurant, Salt Lake City, UT - Sept., 2013
Solo show, Rio Grand Restaurant, Salt Lake City, UT - May, 2013
Plein Air Paradise, 2nd place - Midway, Utah - July 2013
Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, Honorable Mention "In the Coop" - Sept., 2012
Solo show, Red Butte Garden - Salt Lake City, UT - summer, 2012
Plein Air Paradise (Amatuer Artist category), 1st place - Midway, UT - July, 2012
West Jordan 4th of July Plein Air Contest -1st place - Salt Lake City, UT - July, 2011
Plein Air Paradise (Amatuer Artist category), 2nd place - Midway, UT - July, 2011
Plein Air Paradise (Amatuer Arist category), 2nd place - Midway, UT - July, 2009
Avenues Street Fair, People’s Choice Award - Salt Lake City, UT - Sept., 2009
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