Ashlynn Browning

Contemporary Carolina Abstraction I

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New Paintings by Ashlynn Browning

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Pedestal, 2011, oil on panel, 36 x 32 in., $2,500

Partners, 2011, oil on panel, 42 x 38 in, $3,250

The Loud One at the Party, 2011, oil on panel
42 x 38 in., $3,250

The Prevailer, 2011, oil on panel, 38 x 34 in., $2,750

The Sentinel's Layers, 2011, oil on panel
42 x 38 in., $3,250

When Equal Forces Collide, 2011, oil on panel
40 x 36 in., $3,000

An Off Kilter Kind of Peace, 2011, oil on panel
44 x 40 in., $3,450

ASHLYNN BROWNING: GEOMETRY PERSONIFIED

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An if ART Gallery

Exhibition at

Gallery 80808/Vista

Studios,
808 Lady St, Columbia, SC

April 1 - 12, 2011

Artist's Reception:
April 1, 5 - 9 pm

For a preview CLICK HERE.
For an artist's statement about the new work, CLICK HERE.

Ashlynn Browning

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Ashlynn Browning is a mixed media artist whose work centers on line and its ability to convey emotional information. She is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant and has exhibited at New York’s CUE Foundation and Lincoln Center. Other recent exhibitions include Hallway Projects, San Francisco, CA, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC, and Elder Gallery and Gallery Pantone 278, both in Charlotte, NC. Browning has received grants and residency fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, the United Arts Council, and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Her work was featured in the 2009 Southern edition of New American Paintings. The artist lives in Raleigh, NC; she's a native of Charlotte, NC.

For Ashlynn Browning's artist's statement, CLICK HERE.

For an April 21, 2010, review on nc artblog of Browning's recent exhibition of new work at Horace Williams House in Chapel Hill, N.C., CLICK HERE. The exhibition presents Browning's most recent paintings; if ART Gallery will present works from 2007-2008 in May, 2010.
For a April 11, 2010, Raleigh News and Observer article about Browning, CLICK HERE.
For 2007 review on IndieWeek.com, CLICK HERE.

Works of Art: Ashlynn Browning

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An Off Kilter Kind of Place, 2011, oil on panel
44 x 40 in., $3,450

Partners, 2011, oil on panel, 42 x 38 in, $3,250

Pedestal, 2011, oil on panel, 36 x 32 in., $2,500

The Loud One at the Party, 2011, oil on panel
42 x 38 in., $3,250

The Prevailer, 2011, oil on panel, 38 x 34 in., $2,750

The Sentinel's Layers, 2011, oil on panel
42 x 38 in., $3,250

When Equal Forces Collide, 2011, oil on panel
40 x 36 in., $3,000

The Warmth of Flesh and Bone, 2009

Oil on panel, 14 x 11 in., $ 550

Purple Lush, 2010, oil on panel
14 x 11 in., $550

Feeder, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 20 in., $1,200

Containing Energies, 2010, oil on panel
18 x 18 in., $850

Green Giant, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 16 in., $950

In the Land of Time and Memory, 2010
oil on panel, 20 x 16 in., $950

Light in the Heart of the Jungle
2010, oil on panel, 20 x 16 in., $950

Hermit, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 16 in., $950

Hot and Pink, 2010, oil on panel
14 x 11 in., $550

Stormcast, 2010

Oil on panel, 30 x 24 in., $ 1,500

Organ of Love and Worry, 2010

Oil on panel, 14 x 11 in., $ 500

Bound, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 16 in., $950

Gray Vortex, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 16 in., $950

Night Form, 2009

Oil on panel, 14 x 11 in., $ 500

My Heart Burns Bright, 2009

Oil on panel, 14 x 11 in., $ 500

Mountain Peak, 2009

Oil on panel, 14 x 11 in., $ 500

Blue Bird, 2011, oil on panel, 30 x 24 in.
$1,650

Mama Bird, 2010

Oil on panel, 30 x 24 in., $ 1,500

Eclipse, 2010, oil on panel
14 x 11 in., $550

Majesty, 2010, oil on panel

30 x 24 in., $ 1,500

Home, 2010

Oil on panel, 14 x 11 in., $ 500

Fenced, 2005

Graphite, charcoal, oil pastel, acrylic, collage
on paper, 29 1/2 x 21 1/2 in., $ 1,200

Guston, 2009, oil on panel

14 x 11 in., $ 500

Cerebral Anatomy, 2009

Oil on panel, 14 x 11 in., $ 550

Atop This Plane, 2009

oil on panel, 20 x 16 in., $ 900

Tangle, 2007

Acrylic on panel, 8 x 10 in., $300

Introspective One, 2011, oil on panel, 42 x 38 in.
$3,250

Planetary Pleasures, 2011, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in.
$1,350

Stillness Within Chaos, 2011, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in.
$1,350

The Examined Life, 2011, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in., $1,350

Anvil, 2007, acrylic on panel

8 x 10 in., $ 30

Our Brightest Days, 2007

Acrylic on panel, 12 x 12 in., $ 450

Red Ladder, 2007

Acrylic on panel, 8 x 10 in.

$ 300

Red Ladder, 2007

Acrylic on panel, 8 x 10 in., $ 300

Urgency, 2008

Acrylic, oil pastel on paper

14 x 11 in., $550

Jungle, 2007

Acrylic on panel, 8 x 10 in., $ 300

Muddled Clarity, 2010, oil on panel
14x 11 in., $550

Growing into Jubilation, 2008

Acrylic, Oil, Oil on Panel, 24 x 24 in., $1,500

Braced, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 20 in., $1,200

The Clarity of a Grid, 2008

Acrylic, Oil pastel on paper

17 x 13 in., $650

The Weight of Water, 2007, Acrylic on panel

12 x 12 in., $450

Spring Storm, 2008

Acrylic, Oil pastel on paper

13 x 12 in., $550

The Ephemeral Nature of Green, 2008

Acrylic, oil on panel, 24 x 24 in.

$1,500

Purple Quadrant, 2007
Acrylic on panel, 10 x 8 in., $300

Replication, 2007, acrylic on panel

10 x 8 in., $300

Temporal, 2007, acrylic on panel

12 x 12 in., $450

The Leanings of Night, 2007

Acrylic on panel, 12 x 12 in., $450

Red is to be Alive, 2008, acrylic and oil on panel

24 x 24 in., $1,500

You, 2008, acrylic and oil pastel on paper
9 1/2 x 7 in., $500

The Tumult of Two, 2011, oil on panel
24 x 24 in., $1,500

Eye of the Storm, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 20 in., $1,200

Portrait of Resilience, 2011
oil on panel, 30 x 24 in., $1,650

Pink Mama, 2011, oil on panel, 30 x 24 in.
$1,650

Late Bloomer, 2011, oil on panel
30 x 24 in., $1,650

Ashlynn Browning: Statement

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The impetus for my work is a combination of autobiography and exploring the process of painting. Experimenting with different line qualities and layers is an integral part of my process, which involves a lot of drawing. I love to mix intuitive mark-making with somewhat more calculated areas. My goal is for the finished work to strike a balance of structure and accident, restraint and recklessness, deliberation and instinct. This is a balance that resonates with me as being “truthful” and is also perhaps a parallel for my life philosophy.

Time, memory, and desire are themes that crop up repeatedly in my work. While my subject matter references both the figure and landscape, it always contains a prevailing sense of ambiguity. It is this feeling of mystery that intrigues me and propels me on to make new images.

Ashlynn Browning: Resume

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EDUCATION

2002      MFA- Painting and Printmaking
      University ofNorth Carolina at Greensboro
2000       BA- Studio Art, BA- English
            Meredith College,Raleigh, NC

ONE & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
      2011       Personal Geometries,UNCG'S Elliott Center Gallery, Greensboro, NC
      2011       Striking Balance, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
      2011       Geometry Personified, Gallery 80808/Vistas Studios, Columbia, SC
     2010       Meet AshlynnBrowning, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
      2010            Hexagons,Grids & Webs, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC
      2009            building/burning/growing-part II, Siskate Gallery, Charlotte NC
      2008            building/burning/growing,Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2007      Bridging the Inner Landscape, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
      2006      Mixed Media, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
      2006            NewMixed Media Works, Rotunda Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
2005      New Drawings, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
      2005            Drawingon the Moment, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2004          MarkedTime, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2003          BlindLines, The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
      2012       ContemporaryCarolina Abstraction, Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, Columbia, SC
      2011       WinterShow, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
      2011       Faction,ArtStreet: University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
      2011       CollectiveConsciousness, Artspace, Galway, Ireland
      2011       Carolina'sGot Art, (traveling exhibition), Arts & Heritage Center, N. Augusta, SC
      2011       Carolina'sGot Art, (traveling exhibition), Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
      2011       NewWorks: Annual Juried Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
      2010       Carolina's Got Art, Juried Exhibition,Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
      2010       Unwrap Your Mind, THAT Gallery, HongKong
     2010       Color Fields, Forms & Fractures, if ART Gallery, Columbia SC
      2010            GeometricConstructs, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
      2010       NC Artists Juried Exhibition, ProgressEnergy Performing Arts Center,Raleigh, NC
2009       Works on Paper, GalleryPantone 278, Charlotte, NC
2009       Carolina's Got Art,Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2009       New American Paintings,Juried Exhibition in Print Vol. 82, Southern edition
      2008      Landscape, Hallway Projects, San Francisco, CA
      2008      NC Artists Juried Exhibition, Performing Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
      2007      TangibleGestures, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
      2007       The Kindness of Strangers,The Helm Gallery, Tacoma, WA
      2007       Letters, Atkinson Art Gallery,Southport, UK
      2007            New Works: Annual Juried Exhibition,Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2006       Drawing x 3 Artists, Vignettes, Raleigh,NC
      2006            Everything Falls Apart, Nested, Carrboro, NC
      2006            Introductions‘06, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta,GA
      2006            New and Hot, Lee Hansley Gallery,Raleigh, NC
      2006            New Works: Annual Juried Exhibition,Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2005      New Members Exhibition, Artspace,Raleigh, NC
2004            Abstraction, Lee Hansley Gallery,Raleigh, NC
      2004                        Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Recipients, CUEArt Foundation, New York, NY
      2004                        The Triangle's Best Art-Part II, LeeHansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
      2004                        Surface Matters, Bank of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC
2003            Mid-Winter Paper, three-personexhibition, Bickett Gallery, Raleigh,NC
      2003                        Three Emerging Artists, Duke UniversityLaw School, Durham, NC
2002      Coterie Treize, Bickett Gallery,Raleigh, NC
      2002                        NewWorks, Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2000            N.C. Women Artists: 20^th CenturyTrends, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
      2000       Meredith College Faculty Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center,New York, NY

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2006   DiscoveringContemporary Art in the Carolinas, Fayetteville Museum of Art, NC
2004   Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum,Greensboro, NC
2002          TheAltered Landscape, Orange County Historical Museum, Hillsborough, NC
2002       MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

SELECTED AWARDS &GRANTS
     2010            Carolina’s Got Art juried exhibition, ElderGallery, Charlotte, NC, first prize
      2009            New American Paintings publication,selected artist
      2009            VirginiaCenter for Creative Arts, Residency Fellowship
      2007            VirginiaCenter for Creative Arts, Residency Fellowship
2005      United ArtsCouncil, Regional Artist Project Grant
2005      Vermont StudioCenter, Artist Residency Grant
2002      Joan MitchellFoundation MFA Grant

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Artist Statement Geometry Personified, March 2011

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Ashlynn Browning, Artist Statement, Geometry Personified

In my current series, I’m interested in creating a hybrid of geometric forms and intuitive process. This work bridges the gap between physical and psychological landscape. Many of these new paintings I read as “places” and even still-lifes. In others, geometric forms---precarious, toppling, and off balance---are stand-ins for figures. They offer a psychological presence and an overarching mood that is playful, quirky, and at times melancholy.

Experimenting with the idea of opposing forces is a large factor in this series. Bold color against muted, geometric forms mixing with biomorphic ones, rough, painterly texture against flat areas, pattern against color field--these are variables that I mix, layer and wipe away in multiple stages until a resonant image is formed. Drawing inspiration from Philip Guston, Thomas Nozkowski, and Amy Sillman, I find this tug of war between representation and abstraction to be infinitely intriguing.

Working in a very intuitive manner, I aim to strike a balance in my paintings between calculation and accident, restraint and recklessness, deliberation and instinct. This idea of balance is one that resonates with me as being “truthful” and is also perhaps a parallel for my life philosophy.

Each painting in this series has taught me something new and has continued a cycle of discovery and surprise. Those feelings of exploration and inventiveness are my chief pleasure in the studio.

ASHLYNN BROWNING: GEOMETRY PERSONIFIED

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Gray Vortex, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 16 in., $950

The Tumult of Two, 2011, oil on panel
24 x 24 in., $1,500

Eye of the Storm, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 20 in., $1,200

Portrait of Resilience, 2011
oil on panel, 30 x 24 in., $1,650

Pink Mama, 2011, oil on panel
30 x 24 in., $1,650

Late Bloomer, 2011, oil on panel
30 x 24 in., $1,650

Harlequin, 2010, oil on panel
24 x 24 in., $1,500

Braced, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 20 in., $1,200

Bound, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 16 in., $950

Containing Energies, 2010, oil on panel
18 x 18 in., $850

Eclipse, 2010, oil on panel
14 x 11 in., $550

Feeder, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 20 in., $1,200

Green Giant, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 16 in., $950

Hermit, 2010, oil on panel
20 x 16 in., $950

Hot and Pink, 2010, oil on panel
14 x 11 in., $550

In the Land of Time and Memory, 2010
oil on panel, 20 x 16 in., $950

Light in the Heart of the Jungle, 2010
oil on panel, 20 x 16 in., $950

Muddled Clarity, 2010, oil on panel
14x 11 in., $550

Purple Lush, 2010, oil on panel
14 x 11 in., $550

SOLD WORKS OF ART

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Swamp, 2007
Acrylic on panel
10 x 8 in.
$300

The Force of This, 2007
Acrylic on panel
10 x 8 in.
$300

The Turtle, 2007
Acrylic on panel
10 x 8 in.
$300

Onward And Upward, 2008
Acrylic, oil, oil pastel on panel
24 x 24 in.
$ 1,500