John Roman Brown (b. 1966 Dayton, Ohio) works in oil paint to explore truth, perception and the attempt to contain the dissonant forces around him. A can of picked field flowers can convey sadness and joy.

He is a distant cousin of the American painter Charles E. Burchfield and they share similar depictions of the haunting, dreamlike beauty found in the abstract realism of everyday life. The vitality of Brown’s work is informed by his youth growing up in the sharp, crisp desert light of the American West and later his adult life in New York City and currently Los Angeles. John Brown worked as a commercial art director for at least 200 years prior to teaching himself to paint. His work hangs on walls of many prominent American collectors.