Ree Brown Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1926 - d. 2014

In the mid-1970's Ree began to draw, and then paint and sculpt. He was self-taught, making mostly small portraits of birds, cats, and people. In the late 1980s, Ree started to show in Seattle with MIA Gallery, then at Garde Rail Gallery and most recently at Vermillion. Ree is also included in 20th Century American Folk, Self-Taught, and Outsider Art by Betty-Carol Sellen and also featured in several documentaries about outsider art including this one on Youtube. He did a popular cover of The Stranger featuring a black cat. Ree was a mentor and friend to many artists, collectors, and curators including Wes Wehr, Joe Reno, Mark Muller, Joe Max Emminger, Morris Graves.