LAURA BROWNING
About Laura Browning
Laura Browning is a contemporary artist revered for meditative and evocative works capturing the vitality of sunlight shimmering across water's waves, dancing and weaving through its depths. Crystalizing their kinetic dialog in transparent glazes and luminous layers of oil on canvas, her practice is a sustained investigation of "the shifting rhythm of light as it reflects and refracts across water.”
Born in Berkeley, Browning lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area where the rhythm of the Pacific ocean and California's coastal landscape continue to shape her artistic vision. Throughout her career Browning has balanced exhibition commitments with private and public commissions that reflect her commitment to art’s experiential power.
Formative experiences early in Browning's career nurtured her dual interests in artistic expression and audience engagement. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing & Painting from California State University, Long Beach, grounding her practice in both technical discipline and conceptual inquiry. As an intern at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, and as a museum educator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Browning deepened her engagement with art history, and museum culture.
Browning’s exhibition record is international in scope, with solo presentations and group shows in the U.S. where she is represented by galleries in Palm Springs and San Francisco, California, and Kennebunkport Maine, as well as Shanghai, China, and Tokyo, Japan. Her work is included in major institutions such as Apollo Global Management and the permanent collection of the Mayo Clinic, as well as private residences from San Diego to Lake Tahoe. In addition, Browning’s paintings have been featured in publications such as Modern Luxury Interiors, and included in curated design contexts by West Elm and Williams Sonoma Home.
By continuing to refine her exploration of light, reflection, and the visual poetry of water, Laura Browning invites viewers to not only see the surface but to feel the depth of the more subtle rhythms of nature.