 Denise Rutledge Brown has enjoyed a lifelong involvement with the arts, with seemingly opposing influences that have combined into a unique artistic approach. Her right-brain influences include her mom (a painter and printmaker), and her late godfather (an artist and designer of Rose Parade floats). Her left-brain influence is from her dad (an advertising financial executive). oriented work. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California State University, Long Beach in Illustration. Her 20-year career with The Walt Disney Company has included archiving theme park concept artwork (as an administrator of Walt Disney Imagineering's image database), and being surrounded by inspiring artists and their work, such as Disney Legends John Hench and Herb Ryman. It was at a Disney painting class that Denise started working with artist Ron Pekar, from whom she has received instruction and inspiration for over thirteen years. Denise’s choice of natural and landscape subject matter has arisen from childhood summers spent trekking up and down the West Coast in a camper van, where she developed an appreciation for immersion in nature (and hot running water). Her attention to detail was honed by studying graphic design, and working as an illustrator at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. Her abstract treatment of backgrounds and perspective can be traced to exposure to 1970’s style, and a later interest in post-impressionism and photography. Denise has combined a unique perception of natural surroundings to create ‘moment in time’ landscapes marked by strong contrasts of light and dark, warm and cool colors, and abstracted backgrounds with detailed foregrounds. Her process is direct and spontaneous, which gives her work a fresh feeling that reflects the fresh air it is inspired by. Please contact me with any inquiries at: denisebrownart@gmail.com |
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