Altered Redouté

Gloxinia by Colin Brown
19.7″x19.7″; mixed media; 2021. Courtesy of the artist.

FROM KOLAJ 35

Colin Brown’s solo exhibition “In Bloom” at Kilmorack Gallery, Scotland by Georgina Coburn

Prior to lockdown in March 2020, Colin Brown began work on a new collection of mixed media paintings in response to the work of 18th century Belgian botanical artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté. In his solo exhibition “In Bloom”, Brown has created a prescient, life affirming body of work, an unconscious reflection of our deepening need for reconnection with Nature. Brown’s focus on detailed examination of Pierre-Joseph Redouté and the flowers he painted takes this historical work to a new place. In Kolaj 35, Georgina Coburn reviews Brown’s solo exhibition at Kilmorack Gallery in Scotland.

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Magnolia by Colin Brown
31.5″x23.6″; mixed media; 2021. Courtesy of the artist.

These organic forms spark a tracery of thoughts, dots and dashes, like the flight of bees or droplets of water on a spider’s web, full of proactive energy and wonder.

This article appears in Kolaj 35. From the Scottish Highlands to the shores of Lake Ontario to Mombasa, Kenya, the printed magazine brings the wide-world of collage to your doorstep. To read the full article, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Order a Copy of the Issue.

About the Artist
Colin Brown graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art with B.A. Honours Degree in Fine Art (Painting) and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (Painting). He was the recipient of an RSA John Kinross Scholarship in 1987 to study in Florence and a 1996 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award. He has worked extensively in Europe, including four years in Germany, and now lives in the northeast of Scotland. His solo exhibition, “In Bloom”, was at the Kilmorack Gallery in Beuly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, 10 May-4 June 2021. Learn more at colinbrown.net.

About the Writer
Georgina Coburn is an art historian, freelance arts writer and blogger. Coburn grew up in Perth, Western Australia and worked in Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland before settling in Scotland in 2000. Her work includes reviews, interviews and feature articles for publications including Northings, Artwork, AN Magazine, Cassone, Stravaig, The Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History, Film Hub Scotland and The Times Literary Supplement. She is a member of For Art History-the Association for Art History (AAH) UK, the Scottish Society of Art Historians (SSAH) and established her arts blog
www.georginacoburnarts.co.uk in 2014.