Press: Article in the News Advertiser

I couldn't ask for a better gift this year...

This past November, a new artist friend of mine (Allan O'Marra) offered to write an article about me in the local paper. Here's the link: http://www.durhamregion.com/what's%20on/article/1551328--making-a-go-of-an-art-career

The article is also published in the December 21, 2012 issue of the News Advertiser for Ajax, Ontario. And I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported me and I look forward to great things in 2013.

New Website

So I finally uploaded my new website. However, it is still very compact with only a handful of my recent work. I need to work on an expanded design to accomodate additional content for 2013, especially once my classes get going.

Check out www.crystalbrownart.com and stay tuned for more updates!

Sunday On The Porch

Just wanted to thank everyone who stopped by Silverstone Gallery yesterday where I displayed some of my work. I was hoping for a sunny day, but got the complete opposite :( I haven't seen it rain that hard in a long time. But still some people did come by and I'm happy to do it again in September.

At least I wasn't struck by lightning, it was quite the light show yesterday...

As always, check Twitter @crystalbrownart for updates on upcoming events and works in progress.

Intro to Classical Drawing will be my first workshop in Ajax, Ontario and I'm really excited about it! I'll be teaching some basic (but extremely valuable) drawing skills. You don't need experience, just willingness to learn. This workshop will be great for those who want to refine their drawing abilities or are just starting out and need some tools to help them draw more accurately.

Check out http://www.crystalbrownart.com/2012/05/workshops-2012.html for more information.

Auction for Shelter From The Storm

I am pleased to donate all proceeds of this painting to Shelter From The Storm, an organization supporting abused Canadian women and their children.


 Click Here for more on Shelter From The Storm.

@crystalbrownart

I'm finally on Twitter as of today, which feels strange but hopefully it's a good thing. I'll be updating the goings-on in my artistic life on there, please follow me @crystalbrownart! Happy Tweeting :)

Foray Into Digital

Happy New Year! I'm going to try to make this a happy one at least. I've started doing digital painting recently and it's got my creativity going again, especially since I'm not relying on reality that much, it's mostly imaginative (for now). That kind of puts me in the mood to tackle traditional painting again. Here's what I've been up to:

"Green and Blue Day", 2012

"Sunset", 2012