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BIOGRAPHY - Ryan Brown (Born 1977)

Ryan Brown

Ryan S. Brown is an American painter in the naturalist tradition.  After graduating BYU, Ryan went on to study classical painting in Florence, Italy at the Florence Academy of Art, where upon graduation he won the Painting of the Year and Presidents awards.  Returning to Utah after his studies in 2008, Ryan opened the Masters Academy of Art in Springville where he passes on the methods and practices within the tradition of classical painting.  Ryan’s work contains the time-honored qualities of craftsmanship in drawing, color and composition that, although true to the tradition and heritage of painting that pays homage to past masters, have a uniquely contemporary feel.  His works reach past culture, race or religion to connect on a human level with viewers.  Often painting the commonplace or the familiar, he allows us to see our world from a new perspective and gain insights into moments often overlooked. He reminds us to stop and see, to think, to dream and to embrace.  These human moments provide us with something that, in today’s world of instant gratification and social media, are all the more important.  His works remind us of our connection as human beings.  They demand contemplation and consideration that moves us far beyond the pleasing images.  His works are in public and private collections all over Europe, North America and Australia.  

 

 

Ryan S. Brown was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah.  By the time he was a senior in high school Ryan had decided to pursue art as a profession.  This pursuit led him to Brigham Young University where he studied Illustration, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002.  While finishing his studies at BYU, Ryan became aware of the deficiencies in his University education.  Because his interests were in the academic and naturalist traditions of the nineteenth century, it became necessary for him to get the foundational drawing and painting training not offered at the university.  In his senior year at BYU, Ryan began studying with William Whitaker, a renowned portrait and figurative painter.  Soon after this, Ryan entered the Florence Academy of Art, where he received his first taste of Academic training.  The organized, intense and concise training of the Florence Academy provided Ryan with what he considers the beginning of his understanding of the craft of art.  This training not only gave Ryan a deep understanding and love of drawing, but also developed in him a strong self-discipline and work ethic, as well as an insatiable appetite for learning.


Ryan was the top award winner of the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey scholarship in 2004.  He also received third place in the Art Renewal Scholarship competition in 2005.  In 2006 Ryan was one of ten artists to be invited by American Artist Magazine to the Forbes Trinchera Ranch for a 10-day retreat that was followed by a special article in the magazine and a showing of these select artist’s works at the Forbes Gallery in New York in March, 2007.  Ryan was also accepted into the Hudson River School for Landscape in its inaugural year, which he attended in the summer of 2007.  In 2007 Ryan also won Fourth Place in the Art Renewal Center Scholarship Competition.  Ryan was featured in the May, 2008 issue of Southwest Art as “A Rising Artist to Watch”.  Ryan won the “Painting of the Year” and the President's Award at the Florence Academy of Art in 2008.

 

 

AVAILABLE WORKS
Summer Sunset - Ryan Brown
Ryan Brown
(Born 1977)
Summer Sunset
Oil on panel
7 x 7 inches
Signed
Utah Sunset - Ryan Brown
Ryan Brown
(Born 1977)
Utah Sunset
Oil on panel
5 x 5 inches
Signed
Springville Sunset - Ryan Brown
Ryan Brown
(Born 1977)
Springville Sunset
Oil on panel
8 x 8 inches
Signed
Sold Works
Moonlight - Ryan Brown
Ryan Brown
(Born 1977)
Moonlight
Oil on canvas
9 x 12 inches
Signed
Seaside Sunset - Ryan Brown
Ryan Brown
(Born 1977)
Seaside Sunset
Oil on canvas
10 x 20 inches
Signed
Exhibited Works
Hobble Creek, Utah - Ryan Brown
Ryan Brown
(Born 1977)
Hobble Creek, Utah
Oil on panel
11 x 14 inches
Signed

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