tina thieme brown
My art reflects a deep connection with nature. Over the years, a commitment to protecting habitats from the tropics to the tundra has focused my art in field stations, from the Tropical Rainforest in Costa Rica to the Alaska coastline following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Environmental art installations followed field work.
A passion for native plants led me to research and collaborate on two Sugarloaf Mountain books that are illustrated with my botanical art, and published by University of Virginia Press.
Drawings, paintings, prints and teaching are my art. I have taught at the Audubon Naturalist Society, Brookside Gardens, the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, Walden Pond, Sugarloaf Mountain and in my art studio. I hold a BFA, MFA, and MLA from Washington University in St. Louis.
resume
Tina Thieme Brown vitae (2017) - PDF
School of Botanical Art, Brookside Gardens.
USDA Natural History Coursework
Master of Liberal Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1991.
Foreign language study at the University of Arizona in Guadalajara, Mexico 1991.
Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking and Painting, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1987.
Study abroad with the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland 1986.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Communication, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1982.
press
Chicago Tribune - art review
Marilandica - feature article
St. Louis Post Dispatch - opinion-editorial
St. Louis Post Dispatch - art review
Washington Post - book review
“I know I can’t paint a flower.
I cannot paint the sun on a bright summer morning,
but maybe in terms of paint color I can convey to you my experience of the flower or the experience that makes the flower significant to me.”