Artist Details

Deborah Brown

Portfolio

Among the Ruins

Deborah Brown, who lives here in Ramelton, has been described by the late Dorothy Walker as “one of the most experimental of Irish artists”. She has made a major contribution to art in Ireland over the past fifty years.

Her life has been marked by a consistent search for development as an artist, and that has led to highly original work, such as her pieces with wire and fibreglass. Her career has been marked by a shift in the early 80s from abstraction to figuration.

She has gained much recognition for her sculptures – her ‘Sheep on the Road’ outside the Waterfront Hall in Belfast must count among the best-known public art pieces on the island. Her paintings from earlier in her career also continue to have a special appeal.

Deborah is represented in the summer exhibition by a beautiful unique sculpture called ‘Among the Ruins’.