Meet Mick Brown
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' ve always drawn and painted( even before I could walk) and at school I was involved in painting all the back-drops for two large stages every time plays were performed. I also ended up painting murals all over our common rooms and corridors during holiday times! So I learnt how to scale work up to a large size very early on. This changed my perception as I realised what appeared to be large daubs coalesced the further you stepped back!( This was obviously stored away for later use).
Since then I have worked as a graphic designer( before p. c.) where I learned my craft properly after that I used my skills and talent to work as a mural painter and I also worked with Interior designers creating specialist paint effects for new builds. My customers would either want their children ' s bedrooms and nurseries painted top to bottom or they would want a sky painted right across a huge ceiling.
During this time I was invited to open a studio near where I lived in a local community centre the only proviso was would I be prepared to tutor community members one night a week? Looking back I think this was the turning point in my painting career as I ' ve met so many artists who are obsessed with getting their work seen and sold I actually started to realise this wasn ' t the way forward. The more people who started coming through the doors the more I realised I was helping them not only to draw and paint but also to build their confidence and I actually started modifying my technique in tutoring and painting so much so that my whole approach to painting completely turned itself on its head.
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