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Quiltsnquaints fulfills Brown's desires with writing and crafts

STAFF REPORTS
Published on Thursday, March 8, 2012

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Jeanne Brown writes poetry since retiring and has edited poetry for a friend who has published Christian poetry books.

Jeanne Brown writes poetry since retiring and has edited poetry for a friend who has published Christian poetry books.



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This mix media was showcased during Greer's TaTa on Trade exhibit.

This mix media was showcased during Greer's TaTa on Trade exhibit.



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The "Lion" illustrates Jeanne's creative spirit.

Jeanne Brown likens herself as a renegade with a creative spirit all her life. Quiltsnquaints developed from her desire to have her sewing and hand crafts have a longer existence.

"My penchant for tactile creativity began many years ago as I enjoyed sewing and other hand crafts. I began sewing clothes in my early 20s and then realized that I found accessories and quilts more rewarding as their life expectancy was longer. "One outgrows clothes or styles change, quilts and art never do," Brown said.

Jeanne said she is self-taught from serendipity.

Her vocabulary is obvious when one realizes Jeanne was a teacher of English in a New Jersey high school for 26 years. "My professional expertise was and has remained in the area of creative writing. I have continued to write poetry since retiring and have edited poetry for a friend who has published Christian poetry books.

Interestingly, Jeanne said she doesn't like to follow directions. "It comes from taking a medium and massaging it in a way that makes it come alive. Sometimes I find it necessary to take multiple media and see how they can work together to artistically communicate," she said.

"To see a new form emerge from varied media is energizing and rewarding," Jeanne said. "This spirit allows me to express my innermost feelings sometimes quite obviously and at other times in a more poetic way."

Visit Quiltsnquaints at The Shoppes at the Grapevine open house at 211 Trade Street next Thursday from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Contact

Jeanne Brown

14 Chasie Lane

561-308-8344

[email protected]

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Shoppes at the Grapevine

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