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NOTE: These pages are best viewed on a screen larger than a cell phone in order to really see the paintings. It's important to take your time looking at these paintings, to go slowly and let your eyes and brain digest them over time. I've never been interested in making paintings that reveal themselves easily or that are about one thing. I've always loved paintings that can be discovered and then rediscovered, seeing different things each time you look at them. This website is going to be here for a long time so you can take your time, which will make a huge wonderful difference in the end.

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Joseph Browning Paintings 041
No. 041 - Everybody Shake, Let Not This Soldier Awake, Deliverance At Last
Acrylic on Formica, plastic-coated chain link fence, cotton and canvas - 51-1/2 in. x 21 in.
Broken Canvas No. 7
Saturday 3/31/1990 - Private Collection

I'm not a fan of people warring with one another for any reason. I have many opinions based on many facts around the state of our world and how we are often at violent odds with one another. Because of the relative complexity of millions of people sharing space together on this planet's surface, I don't pretend that any of my personal opinions add up to much more than a hill of beans, as they say. But since this is my painting and my website and I'm making the effort to put it all out there for you the gentle viewer, I will say that despite all the valid reasons for wanting to kill your neighbor, the whole idea of humans killing each other is just stupid. And it always has been stupid. Not for nothing, but still stupid. And since I have gone my whole life without ever physically harming another human, I know that its possible to negotiate anything with anyone without violence if I really want to. And yes, I really want to do that. Of course there are others that don't want to do that so I won't get to have it my way on this point. But this painting, for as heavy (solid wood laminated with Formica) as it is and as random (found chain link fence) as it appears, is simply a very strange and abstract cry for ENOUGH ALREADY.





Joseph Browning Paintings 042
No. 042 - The First Baseball Game
Acrylic on canvas - 18 in. x 24 in.
Thursday 4/5/1990 - Collection of the Artist





Joseph Browning Paintings 043
No. 043 - Court Jester And Her Salad Exist
Acrylic on paper mounted on wood - 18-7/8 in. x 23 in.
Tuesday 4/10/1990 - Collection of the Artist





Joseph Browning Paintings 044
No. 044 - Up On Snail Hill After The Rains
Acrylic on plywood - 9-3/8 in. x 9-3/8 in.
Thursday 4/26/1990 - Private Collection





Joseph Browning Paintings 045
No. 045 - Every Guitarist Dreams
Acrylic on wood panel - 16 in. x 12 in.
Tuesday 5/1/1990 - Private Collection

One of my brothers is an exceptional guitarist. He's got that thing when he plays where he makes it look effortless, and along with the quality of his note choices I am always inspired when I listen to his playing. This is a painting for him, about him, because of his playing. Like the rest of my paintings it was created because it showed up in my mind's eye and demanded to be made next. Like each note in a blazing guitar solo, they demand your attention and your ear and set you up for the next one coming, as if you had no say in the matter. And this kind of immediacy in rock/pop music guitar solos is one of the few transformational joys I get to have while listening to music as I paint. Talk about gratitude...





Joseph Browning Paintings 046
No. 046 - The Beginning And End Of Eternity
Acrylic on wood panel - 12 in. x 16 in.
Sunday 4/22/1990 - Collection of the Artist





Joseph Browning Paintings 047
No. 047 - Falling Through The Window Of Sleep
Acrylic on canvas and plywood - 9-3/8 in. x 9-3/8 in.
Monday 5/7/1990 - Private Collection





Joseph Browning Paintings 048
No. 048 - Back When It Was Really In Fashion
Acrylic on canvas and plywood - 9-3/8 in. x 9-3/8 in.
Tuesday 5/8/90 - Collection of the Artist

I don't know what this painting is nor what it's about. With the other paintings on this page I was able to decipher a somewhat knowable composition and story that is evidenced within their titles. But with this painting I never really knew what it was nor what I wanted it to be. There may be some sort of king-like face and some indication perhaps of his body (her body? Can women be kings too?) But ultimately it remains a mystery to me. And perhaps most other artists would never say what I'm saying here about a work of theirs that they didn't understand, but here we are.





Joseph Browning Paintings 049
No. 049 - Sally With Her ‘S’
Acrylic on plywood - 9-3/8 in. x 9-3/8 in.
Tuesday 5/8/1990 - Collection of the Artist





Joseph Browning Paintings 050
No. 050 - The Pursuit Of Perfection
Acrylic on canvas and wood - 18 in. x 24 in.
Broken Canvas No. 8
Friday 5/11/1990 - Private Collection

I decided to give myself a little break with this Broken Canvas. I decided to simplify the foundation and structure to allow for more painting and less sculpture. And so was elated to receive in return another perfect little painting. Another painting that makes me think, "Yes, of course!"




Joseph Browning


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