Name/Title
Laguna Honda - Jessie Brown - Blue & Violet - 2019Description
Jessie (Vernon) Brown
“Blue and Violet Arcs”
Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
A man of many skills and experiences, Jessie loves to tell stories—of his time working as a cook for the Children of God cult, surviving a near drowning in Cozumel and shootings in Manhattan, and laughing with his parents at live performances of comedians Phyllis Diller and Mort Sahl. He's been in the Bay Area ever since his friends in New York convinced him he was “cut-out for San Francisco.”
Jessie has been involved in art in some form since his childhood, when he used to draw with colored pencils on the wall. It was his childhood experience antiquing with his grandmother that sparked his interest in interior decorating. And he still laughs when describing a room he once outfitted in the worst possible taste-- complete with lava lights, Mexican velvet paintings, and fuzzy leopard print. It was "tacky, tacky, tacky," Jessie admits with pride.
To the comment--"You've had quite a life," Jesse will respond, "I still do have quite a life." Through all his adventures, this gentle and spiritual person, who describes himself as "independent, optimistic, and semi-fearless," has learned some important lessons: “If you put good stuff out," he says, "good stuff comes back."
ART WITH ELDERS
2019 27th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
