Brittany Fanning: I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

Steve Turner is pleased to present I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, a solo exhibition featuring new paintings by Los Angeles-based Brittany Fanning that depict imagined Southern California gardens. Maximal as they are, these works represent a concerted effort by Fanning to simplify her work. Without sacrificing her characteristic bountiful use of color and thick application of paint, these paintings focus on one specific subject, that every plant can flourish in Southern California, and in these canvases, many do all at once.

Fanning has omitted the subjects that are common in her past works. There are no alligators, wild cats, sports cars, lounging women, volcanos or buffet tables full of food. According to Fanning, Some of my favorite paintings by other artists are minimalist. I doubt that such paintings are in my future, but I thought I might take a first step and try using fewer symbols so that my paintings could be read differently by each viewer.