Emily Brown, At the River's Edge, 1998, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches, The Art by Women Collection of Linda Lee Alter.

One of the Philadelphia area's most distinguished painters, Emily Brown first became known for her traditional landscapes. Many of these focused on her observations of the natural world around her in the Philadelphia region, or the green, hilly country of Waldo County, Maine, where she has spent most of her summers since 1966.

The exhibition explored three decades of Brown's work in landscape, as her focus has shifted from early, traditional studies to the looser, more abstract paintings of recent years. The exhibition included more than 50 works from the 1970s to 2004, and included paintings, prints, and drawings that represented all the major phases of Brown's career. The exhibition was part of the Michener's ongoing series highlighting contemporary landscape painters.

"Rather than simply recording the world around her, Brown's landscapes reflect her personal journey as a woman and an artist," Senior Curator Brian H. Peterson says. "This evolution grew out of her sense of creative exploration and restlessness, but even more from her own experience of dealing with such universal issues as aging, grief, and freedom."

Emily Brown has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the Pew Fellowship in the Arts and an Award for Excellence from the Leeway Foundation. She teaches painting and drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of the Arts, and has also taught at Philadelphia University and the Moore College of Art. Her work is in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

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