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Seattle, WA
Ree Brown
1926-
Painting
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Ree Brown paints his delicate paintings onto scraps of paper, cardboard, bits of matting, brown paper bags, and just about anything else that will hold paint. His favorite subjects are birds, cats & people, although Ree admits that his portraits are of "no one in particular".
Walking up to Ree's house we see a couple of bowls sat outside his front door, one containing water, the other cat food. "No, I don't have any cats. There are quite a few in the neighborhood that come by, though," says Ree, giving up a slight smile and a chuckle. These cats become unwitting subjects for some of Ree's portraits, painted onto paper or board using gouache, tempera, and watercolour.
Born in Utah, Ree worked for a petroleum company in Seattle and San Mateo, California, until the late 1960's when he decided to return to Seattle and retire. Along with his partner, Ree scoured western Washington for antiques and then "peddled what we could, but there really wasn't much money in it." In the mid 1970's Ree began to draw and then paint, pictures of "no one in particular", scenes containing birds, cats, and people. "I was always interested in art," says Ree. Ree's naïve paintings caught the attention of MIA Gallery who, in the late 1980's began to show his work.
Garde Rail Gallery
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Bibliography:
"Detour Art—Outsider, Folk Art, and Visionary Folk Art Environments Coast to Coast, Art and Photographs from the Collection of Kelly Ludwig" by Kelly Ludwig, Kansas City Star Books, 2007.
On DVD - Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, "No Rest in the Northwest," KCPT, Kansas City Public Television, 2006.
"20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1993.
"Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, McFarland & Company, 2000.
"American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, McFarland & Company, 2003.
"Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, McFarland & Company, 2000.
"American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003.
"Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations Coast to Coast Travel-o-Pedia" by Randy Mason, et. al., Kansas City Star Books, 2009. |
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