Seattle WA Painter Jean Bradbury - SEA Fine Artist - Artistaday.com

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Jean Bradbury

Seattle, WA

Posted: 7.8.09

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(4.03 after 127 votes)

About Jean:

Jean Bradbury paints plants and animals as metaphors for emotional states. Feelings of loneliness, contentment, anxiety and freedom are portrayed by small and often vulnerable creatures in fantastic garden settings.

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Your work seems to be very symbolic. I would love to hear from the artist what thoughts produced these images.

Comment by lbotros — July 11, 2009

These are fabulous! These skirt popular culture (who doesn’t like a small furry beastie?) and pure objective correlative. Like Disney, if Disney were deeper…

Comment by Lewis LaCook — July 8, 2009

Just beautiful! I love these!

Comment by lsh — July 8, 2009

so cute

Comment by fffr — July 8, 2009

whats the crack with the animal in the top picture. Is it flying, jumping, or has it been stuffed and impaled on that stem in the centre of the picture???

Comment by steven633 — July 8, 2009

What interesting and creative art! It’s frivolous and gorgeous. For some reason the top painting reminds me of England-like Beatrix Potter. Gorgeous, lovely work!

Comment by Mimi — July 8, 2009

this is really cool , I enjoy the soft hints of color

Comment by Gee Gee — July 8, 2009

Love the second painting! Did someone say ‘rattail comb’?
The underlying tension and slight malevolance in the black eyes and pointy teeth of these creatures so innocent in their follicking and white fur…

Comment by Barbara Bovaird — July 8, 2009

What fanciful fun! The colors, especially first thing in the morning, really can pull you in one direction of happy to another. Even the mostly gray, black, and white “Sometimes We Belong, Sometimes We Don’t” gives you this blank feeling that turns to panic. I think my favorite are the more fantastical pieces…… The paint handling seems less forced; the paintings, “Peony Weasels”, “Abalone”, “My Heart”, “Safe For the Winter”, and “Dancing Weasels”! I also think the sizes of the canvases are quite curious. I love to see painters paint small and focus on the details! Jean why do you chose to paint small? Does this make the artwork more accessible for your clients, or is it a personal preference? In art school, they just tell you Big, Big, Big!

Comment by Tabatha Hardcastle — July 8, 2009

Wow, such beautiful pieces