(b. 1949)
Otumoetai Poem 2014
Acrylic on Black Arches paper
1120mm x 760mm (framed)
Born in Invercargill, Brown grew up in Tauranga and was taught by artist Fred Graham at Tauranga Boys' College. The Tauranga Public Library was the venue for his first exhibition in 1963. After completing a BFA at the Elam School of Art, he briefly returned to Tauranga with his young family in 1975. In 2004, Brown was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to painting and printmaking. In 2007, Nigel Brown gifted 44 of his works to the newly constructed Tauranga Art Gallery as well as 39 more works in 2012. He currently resides in Riverton, Southland.
Brown has exhibited throughout New Zealand and internationally. He has received numerous awards and is represented in collections of most major public institutions throughout the country. Otumoetai Poem was the first work commissioned from an artist by the Chrysalis Collection.
You can learn more about this artist at: www.nigelbrown.co.nz
Artwork commissioned in 2014 by the Chrysalis Collection