Alice Gray Brown Mural Art


Mural size:
20 ft x 20 ftAbout this mural:
I was commissioned to create a mural that drew from Newburyport's history. Alice Gray Brown was born in 1863 as the daughter of Newburyport Mariner Captain Lawerence W. Brown (1831-1903) and his wife, Jane Wormstead (1839-1871). Alice accompanied her father on at least six long trips at sea beginning when she was only 15 years old. Alice collected swatches of fabric from around the world. Upon her return to Newburyport, she sewed “crazy quilts” from her collection of fabrics. Some of her work and writings are housed at the Newburyport Maritime Society. The two-story mural depicts a 15-year-old Alice at sea on a ship made of one of her quilts and is a tribute to her inspirational sense of adventure and creativity.
