A Message from Amy Brown

Hailing from the Pacific Northwest Amy was born in Bellingham, Washington in 1972 and, like all talented artists, learned to draw at a very young age. The main influences in her fantasy art has come from the illustrations of Brian Froud and Arthur Rackham.

Amy Brown is often questioned about how or where her inspirations come from.

"My inspiration can come from anywhere, movies, books, a phrase heard in passing. Sometimes I get frustrated, because I have so many ideas fighting to come out. Every painting has so many possibilities directions it can take.

Often the idea I start out with becomes something else entirely by the time the piece is finished. But sometimes I get blocked and I turn to my collection of art books for inspiration.

When that fails, I stare at the blank paper for two or three hours before giving up. Some days the muse just doesn't feel like stopping by".

Favorite Authors - Tolkien (of course), Charles De Lint (absolutely enchanting stories and characters), Orson Scott Card (great lessons to learn from many of his books, with wonderful plot twists too)

Favorite Books - Imajica-Clive Barker, Swan Song-Robert McCammon, Mists of Avalon-Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mythago Wood and The Hollowing-Robert Holdstock, Someplace To Be Flying and Jack of Kinrowan-Charles De Lint

Favorite Artists - Brian and Wendy Froud, Allan Lee, Michael Parkes, Stephanie Law (HI Stephanie!), Brom….there are so many

Favorite Movies - Labyrinth and Heavy Metal

Good Reference Books (for learning how to draw people) - Pose File books (I have #1 and #4), Illustrators Reference Manual-Nude

Tools of the Trade - Amy uses Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors, Windsor and Newton brushes, Arches cold press watercolor paper, and Saunders Waterford cold press watercolor paper.
A.B.

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