Community members are invited to join artist Nadya Brown, and artist/art historian Marcia Rickard for an afternoon in the garden exploring the inspiration for Brown’s paintings that are on exhibit at the Architectural Foundation Gallery, 229 E. Victoria St., Santa Barbara. The free event is at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 22.

A colorful painting by artist Nadya Brown features three white cockatoos, green vases with flowers and peacock feathers on a two-tiered red table, and a large bookcase.
Nadya Brown’s brightly colored paintings are on exhibit at the Architectural Foundation Gallery. Credit: Nadya Brown

In her series of lush paintings, Brown creates illusory, imaginary three-dimensional spaces that entice viewers to enter, explore, and examine closely.

Through realistic drawing and highly saturated colors, her original depictions of decorative objects, flowers, birds, domestic spaces, and landscapes evoke time, light, and memory in a slightly surreal manner.

Brown’s travels in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Mexico, plus living and working in different cultures, provided much of the inspiration for her artwork.

Due to limited outdoor seating, reservations are required by calling 805-965-6307 or email molly@afsb.org. Light refreshments will be served.