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Calvin Brewster
“Dogs, every time. I try a lemon or a chair and somehow a beagle shows up by the second sketch. Mostly it's the ears: one flat shape for the floppy part, one for the shadow, and suddenly the whole dog has an opinion. My neighbor's basset, Lou, has sat for me eleven times and still thinks he's getting paid in cheese.”
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About Calvin
Calvin Brewster paints dogs, nearly every time he picks up a brush. Before he turned to the studio full-time, he spent years as a dog groomer, and that job taught him how dogs actually hold themselves: the tilt of a head on the table, the way a coat falls around the ears, the patience (or lack of it) in a pair of eyes. He later earned a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Tennessee and now works in Knoxville, where his neighbor’s basset hound, Lou, has sat for him eleven times and still expects to be paid in cheese.
Working in acrylic gouache on cotton canvas, Calvin builds each portrait from a few flat, matte shapes, often starting with the ears: one shape for the floppy part, one for the shadow, and suddenly the dog has an opinion. The result is modern and minimal, with clean color fields and plenty of breathing room, yet full of personality. His canvases bring a quiet smile to entryways, mudrooms, kitchens, kids’ rooms, and home offices, and they make a natural fit for any dog lover’s living room. Below are Brewster’s canvases in our shop, ready to hang.
- Based in
- Knoxville, TN
- Style
- Modern, Minimalism
- Fun fact
- Keeps a jar of dog biscuits by the easel for visiting models and eats the plain ones himself.
