Joy Wolfenden Brown 'Song From The Garden'
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J o y Wo l f e n d e n B r o w n<br />
S o n g f r o m t h e G a r d e n
I h a v e s e e n t h e s u n b r e a k t h r o u g h<br />
t o i l l u m i n a t e a s m a l l f i e l d<br />
f o r a w h i l e , a n d g o n e m y w a y<br />
a n d f o r g o t t e n i t . B u t t h a t w a s t h e<br />
p e a r l o f g r e a t p r i c e , t h e o n e f i e l d t h a t h a d<br />
t h e t r e a s u r e i n i t . I r e a l i s e n o w<br />
t h a t I m u s t g i v e a l l t h a t I h a v e<br />
t o p o s s e s s i t . L i f e i s n o t h u r r y i n g<br />
o n t o a r e c e d i n g f u t u r e , n o r h a n k e r i n g a f t e r<br />
a n i m a g i n e d p a s t . I t i s t h e t u r n i n g<br />
a s i d e l i k e M o s e s t o t h e m i r a c l e<br />
o f t h e l i t b u s h , t o a b r i g h t n e s s<br />
t h a t s e e m e d a s t r a n s i t o r y a s y o u r y o u t h<br />
o n c e , b u t i s t h e e t e r n i t y t h a t a w a i t s y o u<br />
‘ T h e B r i g h t Fi e l d ’ b y R . S . T h o m a s<br />
This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Adrian Howells 1962 - 2014 who had a gentle spirit and an unguarded heart
<strong>The</strong>re have been times this year when my ears and eyes have been closed to<br />
‘the song from the garden’. <strong>The</strong> figures in my paintings have stood face on,<br />
solid, still and suspended; clothed with layers and accessories, maybe to deflect<br />
or to invite the gaze of the viewer. <strong>The</strong>y have been found hidden in shady<br />
corners or waiting on stage as if for a play to unfold. Along the way the figures<br />
have also turned aside, naked as if stripped back to Eden and tuning in for the<br />
call of spring.<br />
As humans there is great temptation to complicate ourselves, perhaps for<br />
fear that ‘unclothed’ we are nothing. Painting has a way of stripping away<br />
layers, opening doors and tapping at walls as it records each step back to a<br />
forgotten path.<br />
John Main said “<strong>The</strong> light which enlightens us bathes the whole of creation but<br />
it enters us through a narrow aperture”.<br />
Painting this year has reminded me that the almond tree still blossoms whether<br />
we awaken to see it or not and the song from the garden calls unceasingly,<br />
waiting for us to turn aside and listen.<br />
<strong>Joy</strong> <strong>Wolfenden</strong> <strong>Brown</strong> . August 2014<br />
She Sits on Her Hands<br />
122 x 86 cm . oil on board<br />
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Girls with Tears<br />
26 x 20 cm . oil on paper<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Silver Chain<br />
43 x 36 cm . oil on board<br />
5
She Listens for Morning<br />
16 x 34 cm . oil on paper<br />
6
Dawn Chorus<br />
21 x 46 cm . oil on paper<br />
7
Faint Glimmer<br />
102 x 82 cm . oil on board<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Clock<br />
23 x 24 cm . oil on paper<br />
10
<strong>The</strong> Table<br />
18 x 26 cm . oil on paper<br />
11
Boy in Girls Pants<br />
96 x 61 cm . oil on board<br />
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Deep Voice<br />
104 x 109 cm . oil on board<br />
15
Ceramic Dress, Clay Skin, Water Eyes<br />
102 x 114 cm . oil on board<br />
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Poem for Her Family<br />
122 x 61 cm . oil on board<br />
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Light<br />
8 x 30 cm . oil on paper<br />
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Song from the Garden I<br />
10 x 28 cm . oil on paper<br />
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Song from the Garden II<br />
23 x 18 cm . oil on paper<br />
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When the Almond Tree Blossoms<br />
15 x 23 cm . oil on paper<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Walled Garden<br />
21 x 19 cm . oil on paper<br />
25
Refugee<br />
15 x 23 cm . oil on paper<br />
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27
Small Child<br />
13 x 14 cm . oil on paper<br />
28
Glasses<br />
23 x 14 cm . oil on paper<br />
29
Spring<br />
13 x 46 cm . oil on paper<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Forgotten Path<br />
16 x 34 cm . oil on paper<br />
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He Faces the Sun<br />
86 x 122 cm . oil on board<br />
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A Time for Everything I<br />
25 x 12 cm . oil on paper<br />
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A Time for Everything II<br />
25 x 12 cm . oil on paper<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Orchard<br />
14 x 62 cm . oil on paper<br />
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Strangers<br />
10 x 14 cm . oil on paper<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Wall<br />
18 x 11 cm . oil on paper<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Garden Wall<br />
25 x 11 cm . oil on paper<br />
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Love<br />
56 x 28 cm . oil on board<br />
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Song from the Garden III<br />
104 x 110 cm . oil on board<br />
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Silent Song<br />
110 x 104 cm . oil on board<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Good Father<br />
110 x 104 cm . oil on board<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Pied Blackbird<br />
101 x 47 cm . oil on board<br />
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Published by Millennium to coincide with the exhibition ‘Song from the Garden’ by <strong>Joy</strong> <strong>Wolfenden</strong> <strong>Brown</strong><br />
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