| Artist Statement Heather Brown-Truman I have always created art. As a small child I learned to read early and my love of words was born. Reading spawned images and creations inside my mind; words have always been a reliable and dependable muse. All my artwork is a direct result of my encounters with powerful words. I was lucky to be born in a time of technological explosion. Men were landing on the moon, and we were watching it happen on television at home. We didn't’t have cable T.V., video games, or cell phones. The world of imagination and books was an escape; a refuge for an ever changing and more complicated world. Creating art for a living started with a thrift store table, a handful of cheap acrylic paints, and a life changing illness. I needed something to help me translate my experiences as a human being, to take what was happening and turn it into something productive and beautiful. I painted that table, and many more furniture items in the years that followed. I still enjoy painting furniture, but my creative energies needed more freedom than furniture/recycled items would allow. I moved to canvas as the primary form for my expressions after the first few solo shows of art & objects d’art; and so my mixed media work bloomed. From there, it was a small leap to oil painting and the challenge of mastering the different mediums that most interest me. That was years ago, hundreds of artworks have been created and sold since then; it’s now ten years later and I am still curious, inspired and determined. When I am finished with a work my strongest desire is to share it with the world. I love learning how other people interpret my works, and what people discover and resonate with in my work. I do not have answers to any of the problems of this life/reality; with my art, I uncover the important questions that need to be asked. When I am working in studio, I discover a place where mind, body, spirit connect. This connection allows my work to flow from a place of pure inspiration, curiosity, and discovery. I work for the joy of it, I work to create a world of my own, Welcome to my world. Heather Brown-Truman, BAD! Kitty Art Studio Lexington, Kentucky Updated: May 2008 www.badkittyartstudio.com |
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| Resume Heather Brown-Truman 1999-2003 Consignments NW, Beaverton Oregon ESBQ.com accepted Ebay Sales Local art fairs, random group shows, and retail Sales to corporate buyers and private art agents Eye of the Art.com Began www.badkittyartstudio.com - personal web site 2003 years body of work sold out completely. A total of 75 works were offered for sale. 2004 Consignments NW, Beaverton Oregon February * Primary Elements Gallery Cannon Beach, Or. Gallery Representation-group showing August * The Newberg Gallery and Art Walk Featured artist – solo show* Newberg, Oregon September * The Café Calabria* Lake Oswego, Oregon Solo show October * The Mo Joe Coffee Lounge Solo Show * Portland, Oregon October * The Soaring Crane Gallery Pacific City, Or. Gallery Representation-group showing November/December * The Art of Décor- private art agent/shows*PDX metro area Featured artist 2004 years body of work sold out. 103 works were offered for sale total. 2005 May * The Peanut Gallery & Seattle Art Fair Seattle, WA. – Solo Show May * PCC Sylvania Theater Production “Lysisteria” Group Show*Portland Oregon June * Starting June 1st, Featured artist in the online gallery show: 7th Annual Collage and Mixed Media International Juried Online Art Exhibition see the show at: www.upstreampeoplegallery.com it will run for one year. July * The Tin Shed Alberta Art Walk, Portland Oregon Featured Artist-Solo Show –Fairy World Debut August * SLUG.com acceptance Seattle, Washington * November * The Mo Joe Coffee Lounge Portland Oregon – Solo Show 2005 closed with 118 Originals offered for sale and the sale of 108 original works. ***2006*** January 2006 * Opening and official release for sale of the Fairy World series (13 original works with some fine art prints available) Published art and writing in the following online Publications between the months of January 06 - March 06: Farmhouse.com: “The New One” essay and painting, The Healing HeadQuarters.com: “The New One” The Goddess Quarterly.com: “The New One” The Noyse.com for Featured artist Spotlight on “Secrets” EBSQ featured Artist of the day: spotlight on my recycled artworks http://www.ZaadZ.com as an “Ambassador” or Founding Member & currently popular Artist/Motivational Writer BAD! Kitty Art Studio Artist Blog Hits It's 7,000th subscriber StoneWall Society Pride in the arts Festival June 2006 Virginia *** 2007*** April * Community Art Center Gallery * Mixed Media/Fairy World Show- SOLO Danville, Kentucky July * Divine Intervention Show *Juried Group Show* Fort Collins Colorado July * Ann Arbor Emerging Artist Select * Juried Event October * Sketchbook Project * Atlanta Georgia * Juried Group Show September-October * The Hub* Danville, KY* Solo Show BAD! Kitty Art Studio Blog hits 22,000+some subscribed/ & readers ***2008*** March- April * Doodles Gallery * Flemingsburg, KY* Solo Show February * Darklight Gallery * Springfield, MO * Group Show March - September * working on my collections and extra large works for private commission for public art. |
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| Heather Brown-Truman Artist Biography Born in Southern Florida in late 1969, Heather Brown-Truman split her childhood between Florida and the west coast of the United States. From a very early age, her creative mind was inspired by powerful words and images, and she soon began to create art from them. Her art career began 10 years ago with recycled furniture and objects d’art. She quickly graduated to oils and mixed media works on canvas. Since then, this self-taught savant has become internationally recognized and collected; her works are known as much for their skillful play of light and shadow, bold colors, and the powerful quotes that inspired the work as they are for the fact that she paints ambidextrously. The artist currently resides in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, with her mate, their 3 sons, 2 dogs, and 1 bad kitty. Heather Brown-Truman BAD! Kitty Art Studio Lexington, KY www.badkittyartstudio.com Studio appointment hours 1:30 pm – 9pm EST |
