Peter Brown Art
American, b. 1967
Peter Brown has photographed the open landscape and small towns of the High Plains for the past thirty years. He lives in Houston with his wife Jill Fryar. He often collaborates with writers and is the author of Seasons of Light, with Denise Levertov, On The Plains, with Kathleen Norris, West of Last Chance with Kent Haruf, Habiter L’Ouest with John Brinckerhoff Jackson and Hometown Texas, with Joe Holley. An English language version of Habiter L’Ouest, (To Live in the West) will be published in 2019.
His work has been collected by and exhibited in a variety of museums including the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Getty Museum, The Amon Carter Museum, the Stanford Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art among others.
He has been the recipient of an Individual Artist's Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, the Imogen Cunningham Award, and grants from the Graham Foundation and the Arts Alliance of Houston.
Brown’s photography and writing have appeared in many journals, including Harpers, DoubleTake, Life, PDN, The New Yorker, Aperture, American Photographer, Texas Monthly, 5280, The New York Times Magazine and SPOT.
He has a BA in English and an MFA in Art from Stanford University and has taught at both Stanford and at Rice where he now teaches at the Glasscock School. He was named Photographer/Educator of the year by Houston Center for Photography and was awarded the inaugural Glasscock School Teaching Prize. An art gallery at the Glasscock School was created and named in his honor in 2014.
He is a founding member of Houston Center for Photography, where he serves on the Advisory Council, and has served on the Art Board of FotoFest and the Hirsch Library Board at the MFAH. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the Glasscock School. November 3, 2008 was declared ”Peter Brown Day” by the mayor of Houston in recognition of his service to the arts.to
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Artist: Peter Brown
Dealer: PDNB Gallery
West Texas: Fort Davis plain from Davis Mountains
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
West Texas: Fort Davis plain from Davis Mountains
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 32 x 40 in., Image size: 26 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.
Signed and numbered in bla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
West Texas: Ocotillo in Bloom, Mule Ears Peaks, Big Bend National Park
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
West Texas: Ocotillo in Bloom, Mule Ears Peaks, Big Bend National Park by Peter Brown is listed 13 1/2 x 20 inch archival pigment print, with the paper size as 18 x 22 inches. This photograph is signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown. This size is available in an edition of 25, with more sizes available. This photograph is from Peter Brown series, Hometown Texas.
West Texas: Ocotillo in Bloom by Peter Brown depicts a desert landscape lit by the setting sun, with the Mule Ears Peaks at Big Bend National Park in the background.
Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely.
His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008.
His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Barron Theater, Pratt, KS by Peter Brown, 1989, Archival Pigment Print
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Barron Theater, Pratt, KS by Peter Brown is a color archival pigment print depicting the front of the Barron theater along a street. The movie theater's sign promotes a bargain show and the premiere of Ghostbusters 2. The theater sits in between two stores, the Ladies' Nook to its left, and the Total Image Salon to it's right. The stores appear closed, with covered windows and empty parking spaces out in front.
Edition of 25
Signed and dated by Peter Brown
16 x 20 in.
*Images and video show print in size 16 x 20 in.
Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints:
16 x 20 in. $2300
20 x 24 in. $2900
28 x 35 in. $4600
32 x 40 in. $5800
36 x 45 in. $6300
Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely.
His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008.
His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bronte, Texas by Peter Brown, 2003, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Bronte, Texas by Peter Brown depicts an empty theater found in a West Texas town. The theater is painted white with accents of bright red and yellow. "Texas" is painted above the doors of the theater, and a large yellow star rests in between two windows.
Bronte, Texas by Peter Brown is listed as a 20 x 24 inch archival pigment print, available in an edition of 25. This photograph is signed and dated by Peter Brown.
This photograph is published in Peter Brown's book, West of Last Chance in 2008.
This photograph is also available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints.
Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely.
His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008.
His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
North Texas: Ivanhoe State Bank, Lipscomb
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 22 x 26 in., Image size: 19 1/4 x 24 in.
Series: Hometown Texas
Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints:
16 x 20 in. $2300
20 x 24 in. $2900
28 x 35 in. $4600
32 x 40 in. $5800
36 x 45 in. $6300
Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely.
His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008.
His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Charlie's Market, Ashby, Nebraska, from West of Last Chance series
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signature and date written in black ink on print verso.
Published: West of Last Chance (2008)
Paper size: 20 x 24 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in.
*Images and video show p...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Limon, Colorado
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
C-print
32 x 40 in.
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Peter Print
Published: West of Last Chance (2008)
Available framed in 32 x 40 in for $6250
Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints:
16 x 20 in. $2300
20 x 24 in. $2900
28 x 35 in. $4600
32 x 40 in. $5800
36 x 45 in. $6300
Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely.
His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
C Print
West Texas: Full Moon over the Chisos Mountain, Big Bend National Park
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
West Texas: Full Moon over the Chisos Mountain by Peter Brown is a color photograph of a desert landscape at dusk, with a full moon rising over the mountains. The last light of the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bennett, Colorado - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Landscape, Minimal, Snow
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Bennett, Colorado is a limited edition color photograph of a minimal landscape covered in snow.
20 x 24 in.
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered in black in ink on print margin.
Publis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
C Print
Bird City, Kansas (Museum), from West of Last Chance
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and dated in black ink on print verso by Peter Brown
Paper size: 20 x 24 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in.
Published: West of Last Chance (2008)
Available in additio...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Burritos, Tahoka, Texas by Peter Brown, 2004, Archival Pigment Print
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Burritos, Tahoka, Texas by Peter Brown depicts a red brick building on a street corner, with "BURRITOS" painted in white above the white door.
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin.
Paper size: 20 x 24 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in.
Series: Hometown Texas
Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints:
16 x 20 in. $2300
20 x 24 in. $2900
28 x 35 in. $4600
32 x 40 in. $5800
36 x 45 in. $6300
Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely.
His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008.
His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
HAC Brummett Lawyer, Dickens, Texas, from On The Plains
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered by Peter Brown.
On The Plains (1999)
Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints:
16 x 20 in. $2300
20 x 24 in. $2900
28 x 35 in. $4600
32 x 40 in. $5800
36 x 45 in. $6300
Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely.
His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008.
His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University...
Category
1980s Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Inkjet
Cotton Center, TX
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and dated on print margin.
West of Last Chance
16 x 20 in. $2300
20 x 24 in. $2900
28 x 35 in. $4600
32 x 40 in. $5800
36 x 45 in. $6300
Peter Brown attended S...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
C Print
Sunflowers in Snow, Bennett, Colorado
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown.
20 x 24 in.
Series: West of Last Chance
Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
South Texas: Cash Creek and coastal prairie, Matagorda County by Peter Brown
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
South Texas: Cash Creek and coastal prairie, Matagorda County by Peter Brown presents a sublime scene. A calm river cuts through the green grass field, leading to a tree in the distance. White fluffy clouds fill the bright blue sky. The prairie field is painted with a soft glowing light, creating a tranquil scene.
South Texas: Cash Creek and coastal prairie, Matagorda County by Peter Brown is listed as a 16 x 24 inch archival pigment print, with the paper size measuring 22 x 26 inches. This photograph is available in an edition of 25 and is signed and numbered in black ink on print margin. South Texas: Cash Creek is from Peter Brown's series, Hometown Texas
Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints:
16 x 20 in. $2300
20 x 24 in. $2900
28 x 35 in. $4600
32 x 40 in. $5800
36 x 45 in. $6300
Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely.
His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008.
His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Limon, Colorado
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and dated in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown
Published: West of Last Chance (2008)
Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 pr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Controlled Burn, High Island, Texas
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown
Series: Hometown Texas
Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints:
16 x 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
North Texas: Plowed Field, Patricia by Peter Brown, 2002, Archival Pigment Print
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
North Texas: Plowed Field, Patricia by Peter Brown presents a sublime scene. The plowed, warm toned dirt stretches far into the horizon, leading to the bright blue sky. Lush green grass frames the edge of the soil.
North Texas: Plowed Field, Patricia by Peter Brown is listed as a 19.25 x 24 inch archival pigment print, with the paper size measuring 22 x 26 inches. This photograph is available in an edition of 25. This photograph is signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown. North Texas: Plowed Field, Patrica is from Peter Brown's series, Hometown Texas. This photograph is available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints:
16 x 20 in. $2300
20 x 24 in. $2900
28 x 35 in. $4600
32 x 40 in. $5800
36 x 45 in. $6300
Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely.
His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008.
His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art
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Central Texas: Odeon Theater, Mason, Texas
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Series: Hometown Texas
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North Texas: Grain elevators, Pastor Lopez, Michoacana restaurant, Perryton
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Located in Denton, TX
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Jail, Clairemont, TX
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Located in Denton, TX
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C-print
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North Texas: Drummond Lumber, Co, Paducah, TX
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and dated on print margin.
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Dimmitt Meat Company, Dimmitt, Texas from On The Plains series
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On The Plains (1999)
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South Texas: Sorghum field with blackbirds near Falfurrias
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Located in Denton, TX
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West Texas: Full Moon over the Chisos Mountain, Big Bend National Park
By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
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By Peter Brown
Located in Denton, TX
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