Joy Wolfenden Brown 'The Still Point'

J o y Wo l f e n d e n B r o w n T h e S t i l l Po i n t

When I start to paint, time as I know it outside of my studio ceases to exist. My studio is my safe home and in its stillness the ‘truths’, the ‘memories’, the essence of what already exists within, are stirred up.

T.S.Elliot said “At the still point of the turning world... at the still point, there the dance is”. I am learning to tune and retune myself to the rhythm of this dance. At times it can take courage to slow down and be still when the world appears to be overtaking and speeding by.

I return to painting day after day because I want to be there to record the moments when truth breaks through.

Joy Wolfenden Brown. 2012

All works, additional works and an artist interview can be viewed on the enclosed dvd

The Quiet Child - She Seeks with Her Eyes Closed oil on board 121 x 104 cm

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Known oil on board 30 x 40 cm

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T h e B l i s s f u l Lo n e l i n e s s oil on board 17 x 33 cm

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To S e e a B u t t e r f l y

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Homesickness

oil on paper

oil on board

12.5 x 17 cm

38 x 60 cm

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She Blows on Her Nails oil on paper 26 x 20 cm

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H e r Re s t i n g P l a c e oil on paper 15 x 30 cm

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T h e La c e m a k e r oil on board 122 x 104 cm

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To r t o i s e I oil on paper 11.5 x 20 cm

To r t o i s e I I oil on paper 11 x 18.5 cm

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The Stillness oil on board 121 x 69 cm

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S l o w S t e p s t o Lo v e oil on board 37 x 40.5 cm

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Sneaking Home oil on paper 33 x 13 cm

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S h e Lo v e s t o H i d e oil on paper 11 x 20 cm

Tw o M o t h e r s oil on paper 20 x 19 cm

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C h i l d r e n’ s S e c r e t s oil on paper 9 x 16 cm

Te e n a g e S e c r e t s oil on paper 15 x 16 cm

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Untitled oil on paper 24 x 21 cm

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Untitled oil on paper 23 x 10 cm

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Empty Nest oil on paper 9.5 x 14 cm

Carrying the R at oil on paper 10 x 15 cm

Cat in the Nursery oil on paper 10 x 15 cm

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The Handover oil on paper 27.5 x 15 cm

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Saying Nothing oil on paper 19 x 21.5 cm

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T h e Tr e a t oil on paper 29 x 14 cm

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G o d o f S n a i l s a n d To r t o i s e s oil on board 69 x 121 cm

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Coral Dress oil on board 67.5 x 38 cm

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Girl Sitting oil on paper 62 x 15 cm

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Snail I oil on paper 21.5 x 20 cm

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Snail II oil on paper 13 x 11.5 cm

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Fa l l o w La n d oil on board 16 x 41 cm

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A Boys Hope oil on board 8 x 32.5 cm

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T h e S t i l l Po i n t oil on board 17 x 61.5 cm

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E b b Ti d e oil on board 23 x 61 cm

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T h e S l o w Ro a d oil on paper 13.5 x 19 cm

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The River oil on paper 27 x 16 cm

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Echoing Childhood oil on paper 19 x 29 cm

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La u g h i n g S i s t e r s ( A S i m p l e L i f e ) oil on paper 28.5 x 19 cm

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Conductor oil on paper 25.5 x 9.5 cm

Musicans oil on paper 25.5 x 9.5 cm each (diptych)

Wi n t e r C o a t ( Wa i t i n g f o r t h e K i n g f i s h e r ) oil on paper 25.5 x 9.5 cm

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Fledged oil on board 138 x 60 cm

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Published by Millennium to coincide with the exhibition ‘The Still Point’ by Joy Wolfenden Brown All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publishers Publication produced by Impact Printing Services (www.impactprintingservices.co.uk) Interview Film by Alban Roinard and Joseph Clarke ISBN 978-1-905772-54-4

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