Watermedia Collage
Carrie Burns Brown is one of the reasons why collage has
regained popularity in recent years. Her work is nature based, rich in texture and displays
luscious color harmonies. Carrie brings collage to the level of fine art. Carrie delights in
discovering new combinations of materials. If she cannot find what she is looking for, she makes
it herself. Carrie's teaching style is logical, sequential and helps students tap into their
own design sense and creativity.
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Carrie Burns Brown, NWS (continued)
Carrie Burns Brown, NWS,
from Greenville, South Carolina, is an experimental water media artist and
teacher. She has painted, exhibited and conducted classes from South Carolina
to California by way of Greece for thirty years.
A native of Georgia, Carrie
studied art at Mercer University and Atlanta Art Institute. Art education
was continued at Furman University and the Greenville Museum School of Art
after moving to Greenville from St. Louis in 1966.
In 1977, her artistic explorations
directed her interest in watercolor to seek out the famous Rangemark School
in Maine. A strong and lasting interest was developed in watercolor at Rangemark.
Acquiring more knowledge of this unpredictable medium, led to intense study
with noted artists throughout the country.
The signature of Carrie Brown
denotes a visual theme seen often in juried exhibitions, where she has been
a frequent Merit and Purchase Award winner. Recently Carrie has had paintings
published in Gerald Brommer's book "Collage
Techniques,"
Mary Ann Beckwith's book, "Creative Watercolor, Best of Watercolor-Painting
Texture," and the winter issue of "Watercolor Magic" magazine
(1998) featured an article on Carrie and her work. More recently, a
painting of Carrie's has been included in Mary Todd Beam's new book, "Celebrate
Your Creative Self."
For twenty years Carrie has taught at the
Greenville Museum School of Art. She has spent fifteen years on the
teaching staff of the progressive Grand-Strand Springmaid Beach Workshop.
Eight years ago, Carrie joined the teaching staff of White Rock Summer
School of the Arts, White Rock, B.C., Canada. Her water media workshops,
demo-lectures, and jurying of exhibitions takes her to many states
and Canada. She is a productive artist with many signature organizations
to her name.
DVD Workshop Review by Adele Greenfield
“I love options,” says Carrie and that’s exactly what she gives us – loads and loads of options. Making art is about making choices and she offers up a smorgasbord of ideas so you can pick whatever you want to create your personal artistic feast and then go back for more. Plenty more.
“If you want to start collage work,
or if you’re a collage artist looking for another approach, this will
give you ideas for enough projects to last a very long time. Or if you’re
like so many of us and have lots of partially developed art in your studio
and need that extra something to pull a piece together, this is definitely
one video you don’t want to miss.” [See
Link to Full Video Review below.]
Carrie Burns Brown
Creative Catalyst Productions Inc.
