About The Artist, Andrea Dagmar-Swenson Brown

Andrea Dagmar-Swenson Brown is an accomplished artist in two-, three-, and four-dimensional media.

She has created a body of work in two-dimensional acrylic media that express her imagination, humor, and wit through her unique impressionist/primitive style emphasizing color and motion. Some remark on her passionate Van Gogh-like color and movement, and others on her ability to turn the mundane into the sublime. Her technique ranges from a light touch to impasto, in Naïve style; playing with light, color, and motion in subjects ranging from abstractions to portraits to landscapes.

Her most recent project is Art-o-mat, where she is one of a collective of artists whose works are sold in refurbished cigarette machines at affordable prices all over the world. Her painting series, “Faces-1” is currently available in the Art-o-mat machines exhibited in the Luce Wing of the Smithsonian Institution as well as the Radio Room ­ Portland, OR; Faces of the Earth ­ Northampton, MA; Shop at the Cultural Center ­ Chicago, IL; The Cosmopolitan ­ Las Vegas, NV. “Faces Series 2” will be out in early 2011.

In addition to her acrylic paintings, her two-dimensional work includes illustrations, drawings, and photography, some of which has been published in magazines, books, newspapers, and as CD cover art,

Acrylic Collection
Burlesque Project
Haiti Project
Photos

Her three-dimensional media includes jewelry design and music videos. Her jewelry ranges from intricate chain maille weaves to custom-colored and fired clay beads, plus glass, gemstone, and woven bead work. Her music video productions are award winning and have been aired as far away as McMurdo Station in the Antarctic.

Jewelry Designs
Video Awards

Her four-dimensional work is expressed via her performances with roots-rock band, Dagmar and The Seductones, where she is band leader, writer, and lead singer,

theseductones.com
Live Music Videos

January 2010 issue No. 5 of Renegade Grinder magazine has an exclusive interview with her about her experiences in the music industry.
Renegade Grinder Interview

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Photo of the artist, age 11½, standing next to her Conté crayon drawing.
As a student at the Corcoran School of Art, her drawing was selected to
tour the world in a Corcoran School of Art traveling children's art exhibition.