Phillips de Pury & Com­pany in New York will be offer­ing an unprece­dented show­ing of Daniel Brush’s work from May 31 to June 30, 2007. The exhi­bi­tion is enti­tled: Daniel Brush 30 Years Work and proves that his unique approach to life and art is also an sin­gu­larly inte­grated one. While he lives in a bustling part of Man­hat­tan, he works in nearly vir­tual seclu­sion and rarely con­nects with other artists, let alone other peo­ple. He sweeps the floor for inspi­ra­tion and eats the same meal, day in, day out.

Out of an obses­sive desire for soli­tude and still­ness sprout his paint­ings, draw­ings, sculp­tures and jew­elry, which are a uni­verse of com­plex­ity mas­ter­fully crafted with a com­pre­hen­sive skill set. Brush’s art is an exten­sion of his intense need to under­stand the world from the inside out. His stud­ied tech­nique, devout dis­ci­pline, and under­stand­ing of his­tory and sci­ence are the pen­ti­mento that enrich his work. Among those who avidly col­lect his pieces are Ralph Esmer­ian, The Prince and Princess Sadrud­din Aga Khan, Paula Cussi, Lyn Rev­son, Phillippe Arpels, and Fred Leighton. Brush cre­ates jew­elry as a diver­sion from his other artis­tic works, which is ironic because among the cognoscenti of all things bright and gem-laden, his new pieces are sought after with a focus that bor­ders on fre­netic. Brush has had seven solo museum exhi­bi­tions, includ­ing a ret­ro­spec­tive at the Smith­son­ian Institution.

So Daniel Brush the artist makes jew­elry as side-line, if you will. But why? What is it about this art form that fills the gaps that his other art works can­not? His­tor­i­cally speak­ing, Brush isn’t the only artist to have turned to jewelry-making. Alexan­der Calder and Sal­vadore Dali both became well-known for their maneu­vers with metal and gem­stones while remain­ing faith­ful to their pri­mary oeuvres.