Maggi Brown's Gallery

I see my work as abstract interpretations of subject matter that is usually quite specific. In a broad sense, I am interested in the connection between things which are opposed, what they have in common, and what kind of visual statement they make when combined. For me, all art that is meaningful deals in multifarious ways with the reconciliation of opposites.

On a physical level, the use of color and its role in expression and communication is of paramount importance in what I do. I have a strong interest in surface as well, and I prefer to work on large canvasses, scraping, scratching, over-layering and glazing. At times it is this physicality itself that triggers the work, but more often it is my response to something I have seen or read, music I enjoy, current events in the news or travel experiences.