Artist Sobhy Brown
“I was born
in 1963 and grew up in England, coming to America in 1987 when I went to the
University of Michigan to study for an MFA in painting. I had completed my BFA
at Goldsmiths College of London University and was ready for a change of scene.
My painting when I first came to the US. was almost entirely abstract with an
emphasis on geometry and growth patterns; a reaction no doubt to finding myself
in an expansive and verdant country. Since then I have worked as a mural
painter, depicting subjects ranging from land and seascapes based on Santorini
in the Greek Islands, to a Tuscan landscape with life size portraits and tromp
l’oeil, to a ceiling transformed to a ruined barn roof with blue herons flying
overhead. I have murals in private homes and business centers in Michigan, New
Jersey and Colorado, But it was a commission to paint a dressage arena with
life size horses and riders that bought a lifelong appreciation of horses into
the studio and gave me a new life and direction. "I
hope my paintings capture ' the feel of the rush of life'. I want to show what
it is like to be amongst horses in a great open country. I paint as a means of
capturing and the blood and bone responses of the horse in images of speed,
freedom, alarm, curiosity and exuberance. In the horse’s alertness and
physicality I recognize our common nature and a manifestation of what in us is
often hidden and complicated. I find subjects at rodeos, the sporting show-biz
remnants of a practical past. The bucking horse paintings show an
adrenaline-born moment when both horse and rider are tapping into their primary
resources. They are about hanging onto a rough ride and getting a threat off
your back. They are about strength, balance and survival.. "
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