I painted these paintings in Leipzig, Germany in February and March, where I had been given a three month residency at the famed Spinnerei.

In January, in the freezing streets,  I had a phone and a whistle.  They had a lot more.  They still do.

There is little one can do under such circumstances, but I can paint it.

It's not just that we lived through this, it's that we forget our experiences, we say "it wasn't so bad."  Even now, I am no longer so angry, in part because I painted it, and because time passes and every day Trump does some new awful thing, so why remember?  But it was bad, and I don't want others to forget it.   

Owen Brown has exhibited in juried shows and solo exhibits throughout the United States. His works have been acquired by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Nature Conservancy, the Minnesota Historical Society, and the Weisman Museum of Minneapolis, and can be found in collections in this country, Europe, and Asia. Brown has had residencies at Air Le Parc in France, and at the Land Institute in Kansas, where he created his first installation: “Units of Measure.”  He is represented nationally by Holly Hunt and Curina, he shows regionally at Veronique Wantz, and has collaborated artists of other disciplines, such as Emily Wolahan, poet, and Anat Shinar, choreographer.​ Instagram