Ree Brown

Born in Utah, Ree worked for a petroleum company in Seattle and San Mateo, California, until the late 1960's when he decided to return to Seattle and retire. Along with his partner, Ree scoured western Washington for antiques and then "peddled what we could, but there really wasn't much money in it." In the mid 1970's Ree began to draw, and then paint, pictures of "no one in particular", scenes containing birds, cats, and people. Ree paints his delicate paintings onto scraps of paper, cardboard, bits of matting, brown paper bags, and just about anything else that will hold paint. "I was always interested in art," says Ree. In the late 1980's, Ree's paintings caught the attention of MIA Gallery who began to show his work.

Currently, Ree is represented by Seattle-based Garde Rail Gallery, and in several galleries across the U.S. Ree is also included in 20th Century American Folk, Self-Taught, and Outsider Art by Betty-Carol Sellen.

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[RenegadeTimes]

I smiled and kept smiling. Glad to have met you friend.

[hoomalumalu]

had to laugh at his comment about drawing most of his figures black....people ask me why all my figures are black and I don't really know what to say, should they be pink, sea green or sunrise yellow? I think it is because i always start with the figure and fill in the rest later, and it is impossible to draw a white figure on a white piece of paper, lol

[starrmancat]

when I can't visit you my dear uncle I can bring you to my house by watching you here. You are my very best friend. You touch my heart in many ways & help me to see myself as an artist too. Love you.

C.