Biography, James Justin Brown
1973, June 28 - Born in Milton Florida
1973 - 1989 - Lives in Florida, Norfolk Virginia, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Oxnard California, Adak Alaska, Bremerton Washington, Gulfport Mississippi, starts hight school in New Jersey.
1989 - Moves to madrid
1990 - Travels Europe during summers, Visits Morocco, does first pencil drawings
1991 - Travels Europe during summers, some pencil drawings and first Oil pastels. Moves to Blacksburg Virginia to study architecture
at Virginia Tech. Begins first serious drawings in architecture lab.
1992 - First Acrylic paintings, begins drawing and painting regularly outside of architectural lab.
1993 - First charcoal works, continues painting regularly in acrylic, first large scale paintings. Works are very dark
in this period due to heavy depression arising from troubled relationship, and personal problems.
1994 - Spends summer in Kodiak Alaska, becomes heavily involved in charcoal and chalk pastel works.
1995 - First exhibition, XYZ Gallery, non profit gallery affiliated with the University. Exhibits over 100 works in
acrylic, Oil pastel, and charcoal.
1996 - Graduates from Virginia Tech with a degree in architecture, Works odd jobs, continues to paint and draw prolifically,
begins selling first works, primarily on the spot while painting and drawing at parties. Painting takes new spiritual directions after the loss of a close friend.
1997 - Plagued by ongoing personal problems, depression, and lack of work and money, moves to Seattle Washington, completes a large series of Oil Pastels in first 3 weeks. Begins working for an architecture firm.
1999 - First major works in Oil and Acrylic.
2000 - Exhibition at the Uribo Gallery, Seattle WA.
2001 - Does not paint for 10 months. Ends the year by completing 24 works in December alone. Marries Kimberley Hutchins.
2002 - Begins abstract and cityscape series completes over 100 oil paintings in the first 6 months.