Ursula J. Brenner was born in Germany and has been influenced by a rich cultural background of old world museums, art, music and architecture. Brenner creates a diverse array of landscapes and contemporary abstracts in acrylics and encaustics, using contrasts in form and color to underscore emotion in each piece. Her art reflects a wide range of moods, from light and playful to deep and mysterious. She lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she attended Edgecliff College on scholarship, graduating in 1978 with a BA in Drawing and Painting.
Brenner has studied with and been influenced by the work of Wolf Kahn, Susan Sarback, Doug Dawson and Albert Handell. She can be as inspired by driving in the country or looking through a magazine, focused on the fundamental nature of a scene – the values, colors and shapes -using a “notan” study, a Japanese method of examining lights and darks. She enjoys alternating between landscapes and abstracts to keep her interest in both genres high. Brenner experiences a spiritual connection as she creates art, something she wants the viewer to experience as well. “My art makes a strong, bold statement, an unambiguous statement,” says the artist. “Yet it can be very ethereal too. I want people who look at my art to be transported into another realm, to transcend the normal human experience.”
A national award-winning artist Brenner’s paintings are featured in private and corporate collections internationally.
