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DONALD EDWARD BROWN RESUME
 

DONALD EDWARD BROWN is an award-winning painter with a special interest in portraiture; he has worked with pencil, ink and acrylic mediums over the last twenty years to produce people and animal portraits.  He also produces mixed media abstract works.
 
EDUCATION: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan; The Art League School, Alexandria, Virginia

 

JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
·         The Human/Animal Bond, 2007, The 100th Monkey Studio, Portland
·         Orange County Juried Art Exhibition, 2005, Newport Beach
·         Orange County Juried Art Exhibition, 2004, Newport Beach, First Prize
·         Puppy Love & Sex Kittens, 2004, How Original Gallery, Laguna Beach
·         The Dog Days Of Summer (And Cats Too), 2003, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Honorable Mention
·         Small At City Hall, Laguna Beach City Hall 2004, 2006, Laguna Beach, California
·         The Dog Days Of Summer (And Cats Too), 2002, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
·         Baltimore Arts Council Annual Competition, 1999, Baltimore, Maryland
·         Orange County Fair 2004

 
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
·         Individual Show, Portland Chi Gallery, February, 2010, Portland, Oregon
·         The Love Show, February, 2008, The Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, Oregon
·         Animal Chemistry, March and April, 2004, Laguna Beach, California
·         Banking On Art, May, 2003, Wells Fargo Bank, Laguna Beach, California
 
OTHER:
·         Festival of Arts, 2006, Lake Oswego, Oregon
·         Resident Artist Bakersfield SPCA, 2004, Bakersfield, California
·         The Sawdust Festival, 2004, 2005 Laguna Beach, California
·         Christmas Palette Honorarium, Laguna Beach Arts Commission, Laguna Beach, California
 
GALLERIES:
·         Fissure Gallery, 1722 NW Raleigh Street, #105, Portland, Oregon 97208, 2009, 2010
·         Gallery 51, 1951 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA, 2005, 2006
·         Tag, 142 University Ave., Suite D, San Diego, CA, 2006 - 2009
·         Zenith Gallery, 413 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC; 2004. 2005
 
STUDIO:623 SE Martin Luther King Blvd, Unit 12, Portland, Oregon 97208 (703) 395-9007
 
Don’s unique style is a combination of abstract expressionism and realism that captures the soul of his subject through expression and color.

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