Paul is a practising artist with strong links to mid-Wales, currently living and working at the Old Town Hall in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, close to his childhood home.
His passion is for figurative sculpture; working predominantly with clay, he is constantly experimenting with a variety of techniques and finishes, producing a range of work from life sized busts to smaller figure studies.
As well as public and private commissions, he also holds sculpture classes for adults and art and craft workshops for children. As a Member of the RBSA (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), he regularly exhibits his work there and at other galleries in and around the Midlands.
Awards:
• 2009 RBSA Member
• 2005 RBSA Associate
• 2004 Goodrich Sculpture Prize
Tutoring:
• 2008-2014 The Old Town Hall
Figurative Sculpture (with a life model) as well as more
experimental classes where students work on their own
projects, at Paul's home studio
• 2014 Bournville Junior School
Working at a local primary school with Year 4 and 5 pupils to
produce 3D work related to their curriculum studies
• 2013 Barber Institute of Fine Arts
"Materials and Methods of Sculpture" - Working from a model,
students sculpted a portrait relief in clay, to then create a
mould, from which they produced a cast in cement fondu
• 2001-2012 Midlands Arts Centre
"Figurative Sculpture" - working from a life model (adults)
"Art Explorers" - 3D art and craft (children)
Education:
• 1997-2000 Midlands Arts Centre
• 1988-1991 Liverpool School of Art
• 1986-1988 Bournville School of Art & Design
Address: The Old Town Hall, 51 College Road, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham B20 2HU
Telephone - Home: 0121 240 1206
Telephone - Mobile: 07960 836 830
Email: paulbrownsculpture@blueyonder.co.uk
Website: www.paulbrownsculpture.tumblr.com/