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Dr. Brown's initial attempts at art involved copying cartoons from the newspaper comic pages starting when he was about four years old. Although, his art endeavors went in other directions, Dr. Brown never lost his appreciation of cartooning. Cartoon techniques are evident throughout his art work and he has occasionally drawn his own cartoons.
FIRST CARTOON
Dr. Brown's first published art work was a cartoon he drew at age ten years that appeared in a school paper:
LAB RATS AND TREADMILL
Inspired when the artist was regularly working out in a cardiac rehabilitation program.
PHYSICIAN AND CLOWN
Another spoof at physicians and their practice.
CHEMIST'S HYPOTHESIS
The artist remembers his days as a chemistry student.
PHYSICIANS WAITING ROOM
Busy practitioners and poor scheduling keep patients waiting inordinately long periods of time to be seen.am.
FAMOUS SHAKESPEARE LINE
A parody of Lady Macbeth's concern.
LAKE DORA LIGHT WATERCOLOR
The painting has been reproduced in so many different formats that the artist decided to go one step further (only in a cartoon that is).
PARODIES
With his version of Coolidge's poker playing dogs parodies, the artist was making a parody of those parodies. Substituting cats would carry it one step further.
INSPIRATION FOR SNOW SCENE PAINTING
The painting was inspired by a photo that appeared in an ad for Lamb's Naval Rum, a favorite in Canada. The cartoon makes fun of that inspiration.