SUSAN Q BROWN
Praise
“Singular and fully-accomplished.”
Ivan C. Karp, OK Harris Gallery, NYC
“As viewers we are invited to enter into a dynamic conversation about the natural world,
philosophy, history, art, technology . . . in short, the universe and humanity's place in it.”
Mara Williams Curator, Brattleboro Museum
“The imagery of the paintings alone are full of wonder.”
Brainard Carey Artist, Whitney Biennial 2002 & 2004, Author
“Innovative and engaging ... distinctive and memorable.”
Annaliese Bischoff Curator, University Gallery, UMASS Amherst, and Author
“Susan Brown's work is the purest poetry and an exploration with paint
of the universal issues that touch the soul. Fantastic work.”
Charles Bane Jr Globally Published Poet
"Susan Q. Brown has the rare ability to infuse the universal with the personal so effectively that one feels as is they've become an honorary partner in a unique relationship of two, as well as a member of a lively, intelligent community of countless others, from ancient to postmodern, all reaching beyond themselves toward some intricately imagined bright future -- which is also, of course, right now. Her innate humor, intelligence and sheer affection for all sentient beings warms and inspires us and reminds us of the essential potency of imagination and the transformational possibilities of creativity, a power which truly belongs at the center of each of our lives at all times."
Susan Prince Thompson, artist, educator
Statement
My oil paintings weave together magical fabulism and family mythology, transforming intimate moments of childhood wonder into large-scale works where the everyday and the mythological seamlessly merge. Through layers of transparent glazes, thick impasto, and revealing scratches, I create dreamlike scenes where mermaids—inspired by my young Pisces granddaughter—drift through portals disguised as kiddie pools, and bulls and cows—echoing my Taurus grandson—inhabit vibrantly textured landscapes.
Working intuitively with color and texture, I build my compositions through a dynamic interplay of techniques. Brilliant oranges might underlie deep blue waters, revealed through fine scratches that create subtle connections between figures and their environments. Contemporary elements like sunglasses and children's toys exist naturally alongside mythological motifs, grounding the magical in present-day experience. Through this layered approach, both literal and metaphorical, I explore how ordinary moments of play and connection can open into spaces of transformation and enchantment.
These paintings serve as both artistic works and visual love letters to my family, particularly my young grandchildren. By encoding their spirits and stories within classical mythological imagery, I create a personal symbolic language where every drip, scratch, and layer of paint contributes to an evolving narrative of childhood innocence and familial bonds. The resulting works celebrate the extraordinary nature of everyday joy, suggesting how the mythic continues to manifest in our most intimate moments of connection.
Biography
Susan Q Brown is an American contemporary artist known for her inspired figurative or abstract work that draws from the natural landscape and human forms creating magical fabulist scenes we want to live in using color, grids, and unexpected imagery that viscerally stimulates the viewer to perceive/experience something new. While Susan works from her impressions of the natural world, she also draws upon pillars of art history, such as ancient works by Buddhist and Indian artists in the East and Western contemporary masters like Agnes Martin and Hilma af Klint. An alumnus of Vermont College with a concentration in Painting, Susan spent her early years traveling the world, painting and sailing. Since 1990, her artistic work has culminated in exhibitions in museums and galleries. She has been an art instructor for both high school students and adults. A student of various yogic traditions for more than 35 years, a certified kundalini yoga teacher for more than 20 years, author of The Dakini Deck Book and One Heart, Four Seasons, Susan lives in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire along with her artist husband Aaron Brown.
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Education
BA, Vermont College, Montpelier VT, concentration in painting and writing
Manchester Institute of Arts & Sciences, Manchester, NH, studied classical sculpture with
Christopher Gowell
International Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training, Millis MA
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2022
2025 "Brown and Brown" two person show at Dublin Arts, Dublin NH
2023 "Through-Lines" two person show with Ben Putnam, Conant Gallery, Groton MA
2020-present Gallery Outside at Nectar Farm, Lyndeborough NH
2017 Paradise City Art Fair, Marlboro MA
2015 “Light” Walpole Inn, Walpole NH
2013 “Sound & Intention” Inman Square Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2011 “Wherever You Are is the Center of the World” two person exhibition with Hari Kirin.
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro VT, Curator, Mara Williams
2009 "Cows," Maureen Farr, Blue Hill ME
2007 “Flying Dakinis” Kundalini Art Gallery, Wilton NH
2006 “Inspiration” Kundalini Art Gallery, Wilton NH
2003 “Taos Clouds” High Mowing School, Wilton NH
2001 “Paintings & Prints” Gallery Alexi, Chelsea NYC
1999 “Self-portrait With Tarot” Papp Gallery, SOHO NYC
1997 “Hawaii Petroglyphs” Kavehaz, SOHO NYC,
1990 “Faces” The Field Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
1989 “Birth Art” Midwives Alliance National Conference, Brookline MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 ARTPM24, Buoy, Kittery Maine
2023 Women & Passion, DublinArt & Muse Gallery, Dublin NH
2023 Rockland Observationalists, Interloc, Thomaston ME
2023 Love Lives Here, Featherstone Center For the Arts, Oak Bluffs MA
2022 Tiny & Tremendous, DublinArts & Muse Gallery, Dublin NH
2022 The Garden Party, Buoy Gallery, Kittery ME
2022 Wit & Whimsy, DublinArts & Muse Gallery, Dublin NH
2022 Faces of Invisibility, Gallery Outside, Lyndeborough NH. A response to the tidal wave of institutional structural patriarchy, through the medium of painting, for the emergence of story as faces.
2020 Live virtual online group show. Michael David, curator, NYC
2012 “Art Takes Times Square,” Broadway Plaza between 42nd and 44th Streets. Presented by
Chashama, June 18. My painting was selected for digital display between 7:15 and 7:45 PM
in Times Square for this international phenomenon.
2010 “NH Printmakers” Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough NH
2009 “Summer Exhibition” Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill ME
2008 “Art In The Public Sphere” University Gallery, U Mass Amherst,
Jurors: Vito Acconci, Annie Pasternak
2008 “NH Printmakers” Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH
2008 “Regional Exhibition” Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2007 “Regional Exhibition” Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2005 “Color” Millbrook Gallery, Concord NH
2004 “Glass Exhibition” Sharon Art Center, Peterborough, NH
2002 “Flag Project” Attleboro Museum, Attleboro MA,
2001 “Song of Songs” Papp Gallery, SOHO NYC
1998 “Reflections” Agora Gallery, SOHO NYC
1997 “Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition” Harbor Art Gallery, UMASS, Boston MA
1997 “Voices” Shukantala Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1997 “The Escutcheon of Opus 71” Opus 71, Hollis NH
1996 “Tension, Ideal and Expectation – The 50’s”. Opus 71, Hollis NH
1996 “Summer Exhibition” Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA
1996 “Conjunctio” Freight Room Gallery, Hancock NH
1992 “Birth Art- Miracle and Mystery” Commissioned by Midwives Alliance of North America, traveled
to: World Trade Center NYC; Gallery 53, Meriden CT; Erector Square Gallery, New Haven CT;
The Danforth Gallery, Portland ME; Nashua Center for the Arts. Artist and curator.
Public Art & Installations
2010 WaterFlows, Percent For Art Project, Eastern Maine Community College, Bangor ME, Corten
Steel and Resin Sculpture, 10 x 22 X 4 ft. Budget $55,00
2010 Four Seasons, Five Towns, Percent For Art Project, Ashland K-12, Ashland ME,
Steel, Acrylic, Mixed-media Sculpture, 40 x 10 X 4 ft. Budget $44,000
2010 Brewer Elementary School, Percent For Art Project, Brewer ME, Budget $20,000 2010 Percent
for Art Finalist, University Commons, UMaine Portland ME
2009 Percent for Art Finalist, Geiger Elementary, Lewiston, ME
2007 Meditation In The Windows 9/11/07, Kundalini Gallery, Wilton NH
2007 Mud Murals: Public Art Collaborative: High Mowing Cabin For Peace, Wilton NH 2002 Puzzle
Project, Center for Peace and Social Justice, Rivier College, NH
2002 Axis Mundi, Wilton NH, site specific installation and performances
2001-02 Flag Project: 500 handmade flags, exhibited at: State Legislature, Concord
NH; Town Hall and Police Station, Wilton NH; Town Green, Milford NH; Concord Public Library
Gallery, Concord, MA; Vermont College, Montpelier, VT; Rivier College, Nashua NH; Lesley
College, Cambridge, MA
Teaching
2006-present Owner, Nectar Farm, Lyndeborough NH. Individual and group art and yoga instruction
2003-present Certified Yoga Teacher informed by many traditions
1999-2009 High Mowing School, Wilton, NH, Grades 9-12 Studio Arts Instructor
2002 NH State Council on the Arts; Arts in Education Roster, juried member 1996 Merriam Hill
Education Center, Greenfield NH, The Awakening of a Sense of Place. Presenter and panel
member
1993 Women’s Caucus for Art, N.E. Regional Conference, Yale University, Workshop Instructor,
Curating Exhibits
1984-85 Nashua Center for the Arts. Instructor, stained glass
Special Projects
2024 Art Experience Series, Books I-V
2022 Esotericbody Explorations. Yoganidra, Art, Gong
2021 The Dakini Deck Book and The Dakini Deck. Auston Macauley Publishers
2017-2019 Assistant to Sylvia Nicolas, 24 large-scale stained glass windows for Providence College, Large stained glass for St. Anselm College, Sculpture, Crucifix and Stations for St Thomas Aquinas in NC.
2005- 2008 Co-founder of the Kundalini Yoga Studio & Art Gallery, Wilton NH
2010 Author of “One Heart, Four Seasons: Kundalini Yoga”
Selected Notices, Reviews and Publications
2024 Art Experience Series, Books I-V
2021 The Dakini Deck Book and The Dakini Deck. Auston Macauley Publishers
2014 Nashua Telegraph, “Art in the Family, Feb 13, Cover Arts & Entertainment
2013 Artspeak, Intention and Sound, January 2013, online edition
2010 One Heart, Four Seasons: Kundalini Yoga, Experience Present Moment Awareness.” Author Susan
Q. Brown
2008 Amherst Bulletin, Amherst MA. Kathleen Mellen. May 23. Cover: Arts and Leisure
2006 Milford Cabinet, Milford NH. Dec 7. Cover: Stepping Out
2001 Gallery Bill, NYC. Roxanne Collins. May edition. Pg. 11
1998 NY Arts Magazine, SoHo TriBeCa NYC. Feb-March. Agora Gallery: Pg. 18
1996 Convergence Magazine, NH. Spring Edition. Cover
1993 York County Coast Star, ME. May 19. Stuart Nudelman. Critic’s Choice Awards.
1993 Premier Magazine, NH. January. Susan M. Martel. Pgs. 58-59
1993 Maine Things Considered, National Public Radio. May. Ed Morin
1993 Record Journal, Meriden CT. August 8. Orla Swift. Pgs. F1 & F8
1992 The Telegraph, Nashua NH. Dec 6. Dorothea Tsipopoulos. Front Cover
1991 Open Season, Nancy Wainer Cohen. Bergin and Garvey, NY. Pg. 265
1987 Art New England, April. Deborah Partington
Collections
Paintings are held in private collections throughout the USA.