Chris Brown, Illustrator

Chris Brown has long been a favourite illustrator with his superlatively elegant and droll linocuts (currently gracing branches of Gail’s Bakery for Christmas), so I am thrilled that he is exhibiting and giving a lecture about his work at the BLOOMSBURY JAMBOREE at the Art Workers Guild tomorrow, Sunday 11th December from 10:30am.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK FOR CHRIS BROWN’S LECTURE AT 12:15pm ON SUNDAY

We need volunteers at the Jamboree on Sunday – if you can help, please email spitalfieldslife@gmail.com

WHAT WE DO TODAY EXISTS BY WHAT WE DID YESTERDAY

Chris Brown introduces his lecture

“My talk is divided into two parts. The first speaks of the present and discusses recent work.

The second part explores the past – why I do what I do and how I came to do it. I shall be talking of my influences, discussing the books I have read and the things I have seen, with examples of my early work dating from when I left Middlesex Polytechnic in 1976, my time at the Royal College of Art (77-80) and my work as an illustrator in subsequent years.

When I started, I felt burdened by the work I did previously, spending months worrying that I would not be able to do something as pleasing or as good again but, as I grew older and perhaps more confident, I grew comfortable with my talent and, in some areas, my lack of talent.

I have learnt that the past is not a burden but something to enjoy. Often now, I look back and think ‘that was not so bad’ and pat my younger self on the back.”