A Solo Exhibition

Artist Talk and Opening Reception January 9,2021 from 3 to 4 PM PST Zoom link and password here

In this body of work, Hochman Brown uses graphic synthesizer software to create custom virtual-paintbrushes. She adjusts settings of endless parameters that react to a visual reference. In these artworks, the references come from the artist’s photographs. Virtual brushstrokes are applied one by one based on information from the photograph, such as shape, color, orientation, and luminance. In this process, she is not limited to using photographs for reference and can venture into a world of totally algorithmic creations. Results can mimic natural painting styles or come off as purely graphic. In addition to 2-D prints, the artist processes images over time to develop animations.

The programs Hochman Brown uses have the ability to generate frames base on video reference. Inside the Animation Collection, you will find moving art pieces. They are mainly free-form and without any sort of plot. There is a celebration of form and movement in her time-based works.

Spectrum_reflected.variations
LENGTH: 02:27
Digital animation
$250
EDITION: 25

rainbow.ball.variations
LENGTH: 05:08
Digital animation
$250
EDITION: 25

I Walk The Line
LENGTH: 06:08
Digital animation
P$250
EDITION: 25

Beach Patrol
LENGTH: 04:45
Digital animation
$250
EDITION: 25

Anonymous@theBeach Variations
LENGTH: 08:42
Digital animation
$250
EDITION: 25

Vexilla Florum Variations
LENGTH: 03:34
Digital animation
$250
EDITION: 25

elementals.fabric.alive
LENGTH: 03:43
Digital animation
$250
EDITION: 25

elementals.mind.blown
LENGTH: 03:41
Digital animation
$250
EDITION: 25

IGNUS Animation
LENGTH: 00:38
Digital animation
NOT FOR SALE

Wave Walker
LENGTH: 02:00
Digital animation
NOT FOR SALE

TERRA Animation
LENGTH: 00:30
Digital animation
NOT FOR SALE

Cochlear Calla Lily Animation
LENGTH: 00:28
Digital animation
NOT FOR SALE

Victoria Rose Animation
LENGTH: 00:21
Digital animation
NOT FOR SALE

The Great Big Aloe Eye In The Sky Animation
LENGTH: 00:16
Digital animation
NOT FOR SALE

Yellow Sunflower Animation
LENGTH: 00:27
Digital animation
NOT FOR SALE

Karen Hochman Brown [USA, b. 1958] is a Los Angeles-based digital artist who uses her own photography as a base for manipulation in 2-D formats and animations. Explorations in this field have led to projects involving prints on fabric married to laser-cut wood elements as well as purely digital forays based in line, shape and movement. The work is sensitive to the inherent beauty of the subjects she captures as she strives to magnify that quality of beauty through focus and repetition. The resulting forms resonate in harmony and discord, creating unique energies.

Hochman Brown studied art at Pitzer College, California College of Art and Art Center College of Design, but self-developed her processes through experimentation, relying heavily on skills learned as a graphic designer. Inspirations include Georgia O’Keeffe, Vincent Van Gogh, Salvador Dalí, and René Magritte.
Hochman Brown has had solo shows with Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, Santa Barbara, CA, Gallery 825 and TAG Gallery Los Angeles, California Center for Digital Art, Santa Ana, CA, The Gallery at Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, CA, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ. She has participated in numerous group shows in the Los Angeles area and throughout the United States.