Cecily Brown: Picture Making - by Lizzie Carey-Thomas & Kit Gurnos (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A meditation on scenes of the English countryside from the midcareer abstractionist who has called New York home for over three decades

Published with Serpentine Gallery, London.

British painter Cecily Brown (born 1969) presents a selection of new and recent paintings, drawings and monoprints meditating on themes of nature and garden life. These themes have long shaped Brown's formal explorations, which are characterized by vigorous brushwork, a vivid sense of color and dynamic all-over compositions that hold the viewer in an active space of looking. The suite of works is in direct conversation with the setting of the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London, where the affiliated exhibition took place.
For Picture Making, Brown revisits familiar subjects such as amorous couples, woodland settings and uncanny nature walks. Included is a series of drawings inspired by her interest in children's book illustrations, and the darker side of nursery rhymes and cautionary tales. The exhibition marks a homecoming for the British artist who has lived and worked in New York for the past 30 years, touching on her early memories of the English landscape.