Randall Browning- Realism At Its Best

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When one creates art, we all have our own unique style which manifests onto the canvas bringing it to life by revealing that style which expresses us.  Some styles are more abstract and fictional, while others show realism or some leap off the charts into the realm of surrealism.  Randall Browning is a master of surrealism in his work.

Upon seeing his art for the first time, I actually thought it was just a photograph of  still life pieces.  Browning tends to focus on general everyday kitchen items and gives them spice by adding wild contrasting colors such as black and white checkers or red and white stripes, thus giving the picture different textures and feel.  After I studied the art and learned more about Browning, I found that these are not photographs at all, instead, they are masterful renditions of still life paints.

From that point on, I was in awe of his talent.  This man is able to make the most realistic looking metal I have ever seen; the glare from the smooth sheen on his coffee pots and coffee mugs are a work of true artistic discipline in the highest sense.  I haven’t seen many people capture the feel of textures like Browning in a long time. Like I said, I thought it was a photograph of a real cup and coffee pot.

Browning’s whole life revolves around the arts.  He received formal training in New York on a two year merit scholarship where he attended the Art Students League.  It’s here that he studied under some exceptional artists like: Robert Emil Shulz, Jack Faragasso and George Pasantino.  Browning is even more remarkable with his talents, because he’s been considered a professional artist since the age of thirteen, which were years before his formal artistic training.

For years this artist has been focusing on portraits, which his resume is packed full of for over 28 years.  Browning, however, seems to like philosophy and his recent creations, like the ones we mentioned, are designed on the Zen principle of meditiaton.  This collection is still life, but Browning’s goal isn’t about the objects he paints, instead it’s about taking ordinary inanimate objects and showing how they affect people emotionally, as Browning states.

Browning’s collections deck the walls of galleries, and the walls of people both famous and non-famous, giving him a well rounded resume.  Some of the people who own his work are:  The Jerry Jones family (Dallas Cowboys owner), Linda Bloodworth Thompson (producer of Designing Women), Leonard Katzman (producer of Dallas), US Senator Doyle Webb from Arkansas, and many more.

His work are in exhibits across the world, and those exhibits can be found at the following places, which may even be in your own backyard. They are as follows:

• 2002 Sierra Nevada Quinta Real. San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
• 2001 Galeria Dos Culturas. “Myth Becomes Reality”,” San Miguel Allende, Gto. Mexico
• 1999 Galeria La Estrella. Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.
• 1998 Galeria La Estrella. Interlomas, Mexico City, Mexico.
• 1998 Galeria La Estrella. “Guanajuato Trade Center” in Dallas, Texas.
• 1997 Portrait Brokers of America. Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama. Exhibition of portraits.
• 1997 Thomas Gallery. “Images of Mexico,” Little Rock, Arkansas.
• Ram’s Head Gallery. “Masks, Myth and Dance in Mexico,” Dallas, Texas.
• Southwest Gallery. “The Mask in Mexico,” Dallas, Texas.
• Dolona Roberts Gallery. “Masked Dances in Mexico,” Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• Trammell Crow Center. “Mask as an Archetype,” Dallas, Texas.
• 2006 “Get Real” Exhibition in Discovery Galleries. Washington, D.C.
• 2006 Exhibition in Forthsmith Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
• 2005 One man show. Exhibition in Galeria del Claustro. Juriquilla, Queretaro.
• 2004 Exhibition in Gallery Central. Hot Springs, Arkansas.
• 2003 Exhibition in Galeria Dos Culturas. San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.
• 2003 Exhibition in South West Gallery. Dallas, Texas.

You can also find him at these galleries:

Discovery Gallery
Southwest Gallery
Ro Gallery

Randall Browning’s work will definitely touch you in some way, while tickling your imagination.  Sit and look at his work and figure out how he created a painting so real; it’s his true blessing to the art world.

If you want to contact Browning or see more of his pictures, please see his web site at www.randallbrowning.com