Oh how my heart is lifted 1 (2009) Painting by Jon Phillipson Brown

  • Original Artwork Painting, Oil
  • Dimensions Height 11.8in, Width 15.8in
The first blossom to appear on the trees in February reminds me that spring will soon be here. Every year I feel a little down during the long, dark days of winter and so throughout January and February I look forward to seeing the first blossom come out on the trees in the orchard. It so lifts my heart to see. In this series of paintings[...]
The first blossom to appear on the trees in February reminds me that spring will soon be here. Every year I feel a little down during the long, dark days of winter and so throughout January and February I look forward to seeing the first blossom come out on the trees in the orchard. It so lifts my heart to see.

In this series of paintings I am trying to create a harmony between the fresh, exuberant vitality of the blossom, the elation I feel within on seeing it, and an energetic, gestural handling of the paint. I call this series of paintings “O how my heart is lifted!”
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Jonathan Frederick Phillipson Brown Graduated in Fine Art from The Liverpool Polytechnic in 1992 (the final year before the institution changed its name to the Liverpool John Moore's University)

Jonathan Frederick Phillipson Brown
Graduated in Fine Art from The Liverpool Polytechnic in 1992 (the final year before the institution changed its name to the Liverpool John Moore's University)

Selected Exhibitions

1991 Threshers Painting competition, Liverpool Polytechnic School of Architecture Gallery, painting purchased by organisers
1991 “Young Contemporaries” Finalist in a national painting competition exhibited at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
1992 Group Show “Slow Learners” Pickled Shopkeepers Gallery, Liverpool,
1992 Group show “Northern Graduates” New Academy Gallery, London
1994 One Person Show Art Index Gallery, Brighton
1994 One person show “Shadows of Clouds” St Julians Gallery, Sevenoaks, UK
2007 XIV Competition of Outdoor Painting, Sariego, Asturias, Spain Finalist
2008 XI Painting competition of Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain Work Selected
2008 One Person show “Viajes de Descubrimiento” (Voyages of Discovery) Casa de Cultura, Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain
2009 National Art Competition of Luarca Asturias, Spain Finalist
2010 "La Vista Consciente" (The conscious view) One person Touring Show sponsored by CajAstur bank Mieres, Avilés
and Gijón, Asturias, Spain
2012 Salon Art Shopping Art Fair Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2013 One-person show "O How My Heart is Lifted!" Bar Olivar, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
2016 La Vista Consciente 2, One person show, The Ostrich, Peterborough, UK

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