Arbor Series
Latticework of trees, branches, shrubs, and flowering plants.
Pine Assemblage
6 archival pigment prints
Arches cold press watercolor paper
57" x 38"
Printed in an edition of 10
Pine 1
3-layers, archival pigment prints on vellum (2-layers)
Arches cold press watercolor paper (1-layer)
17" x 25" each
Printed in an edition of 10
Pine 2
3-layers, archival pigment prints on vellum (2-layers)
Arches cold press watercolor paper (1-layer)
17" x 25" each
Printed in an edition of 10
Almond Tree
3 archival pigment prints
Arches cold press watercolor paper
18" x 11"
Printed in an edition of 10
Pine Diptych
2 panels, 3-layers for each panel
Archival pigment prints on vellum (2-layers)
Arches cold press watercolor paper (1-layer)
25" x 34"
Printed in an edition of 10
Pine Triptych
3 panels, 3-layers for each panel
Archival pigment prints on vellum (2-layers)
Arches cold press watercolor paper (1-layer)
25" x 51"
Printed in an edition of 10
Cherry Blossoms 1
Archival pigment prints on vellum (1-layer)
Arches cold press watercolor paper (1-layer)
19" x 19" each
Printed in an edition of 10
Cherry Blossoms 2
Archival pigment prints on vellum (1-layer)
Arches cold press watercolor paper (1-layer)
19" x 19" each
Printed in an edition of 10
Cherry Blossoms 3
Archival pigment prints on vellum (1-layer)
Arches cold press watercolor paper (1-layer)
19" x 19" each
Printed in an edition of 10
Cherry Blossoms 4
Archival pigment prints on vellum (1-layer)
Arches cold press watercolor paper (1-layer)
19" x 19" each
Printed in an edition of 10
Dogwood 1
Archival pigment prints
Arches cold press watercolor paper
19" x 19" each
Printed in an edition of 10
Dogwood 2
Archival pigment prints
Arches cold press watercolor paper
19" x 19" each
Printed in an edition of 10
Dogwood 3
Archival pigment prints
Arches cold press watercolor paper
19" x 19" each
Printed in an edition of 10
In John Brown’s 'Arbor Series,' silhouetted branches weave through the composition like inked calligraphic lines, directing our gaze through the subtle gradations of wisteria leaves, cherry blossoms, and sharp, yet delicate, pine needles. The intensity of Brown’s photographs is heightened by contrasting negative space and astute cropping—simultaneously evoking a camera lens, a sky, a blank white page. Brown skillfully creates a space for observation, study, and the discovery of new meaning.
—Cheryl Numark, Numark Art Advisory
The Arbor Series is a continuum of my photographic work which features latticework of a variety of trees, branches, shrubs, and flowering plants.
Going beyond the majestic Serengeti trees from my Africa Series in 2014, the images in the Arbor Series (2016) feature feathery, textural, needle-shaped leaves of pine trees, as well as abstract photographic interpretations of other natural specimens, including the dogwood and cherry trees, as well as wisteria, which was a focal point of my original Vine Series, created nearly 10 years ago, in 2007.
Formats range from photo-assemblages, to triptychs, diptychs, and single images. Settings for the subjects captured photographically include the tropics of California, the seashores of Cape Cod, and nearby urban locales. My creative vernacular—based upon construct and thematic explorations highlighted in previous work, including my Nature Series (as well as the previously mentioned Vine Series, and Africa Series)—brings past references and varied format consistencies to the evolving, new series.
Image: The Arbor Series, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC, 2016
