WALTER BROWN

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Walter Browns work straddles the interface between abstraction and figuration, science and art. After a career in the medical specialty of pathology, Brown became a full-time artist. Browns forty-plus years looking through a microscope influenced his visual perception, and he developed an artistic language based on that foundation. His approach to a blank canvas is without any suppositions, allowing his conscience to emerge through the process of painting, faces and bodies often appear and are welcomed. Spontaneity is the antidote to the rigidity and exactitude of his prior career. 

The artist relies on abstract geometry to navigate through today’s political climate. Questioning his own position with regard to fake news, and the media in an attempt to simplify and thereby possibly learn something basic about truth and falsehood.

BIO

In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, Brown re-evaluated his goals and began an informal study of art through classes and workshops, in 2024 Brown obtained an MFA in visual art from the New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture. His studio practice is in the Garment District of New York City. Brown is a member of Art Lives Here and the New York Artist Circle and is currently exhibiting in group shows.