Greg Brown (painter)

Gregory Douglas "Greg" Brown (born October 23, 1951) is an American painter and native of Palo Alto, California, best known for his trompe l'oeil murals in the San Francisco Bay area.

Early life and career

Greg was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. on October 23, 1951. He is the son of KRON News Anchorman Art Brown, he was moved to Palo Alto at an early age, and at age 13 began an apprenticeship with Italian painter Roberto Lupetti, who taught him techniques of tromp l’oeil (“trick of the eye”) painting. He graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1969, and at age 24, he became Palo Alto’s first Artist in Residence; it was at this time that he began the fanciful “Palo Alto Pedestrian” series of murals in the city’s downtown. Later, he would start a business, Whitney Hopter Graphics, which primarily sold posters and greeting cards featuring “vacationing vegetables.”His many drawings, paintings, murals, and posters are located internationally, and can be viewed at www.artofgregbrown.com. In 2007, he was named “Artist of the Year” for the 11th California State Senate District.

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Greg Brown (basketball)

Greg Brown is an American former basketball player and current high school coach. He is known for his standout college career at the University of New Mexico, where he was Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Player of the Year in 1994 and won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation's best player under six feet tall.

Brown, a 5'7" point guard from Albuquerque High School, played collegiately at New Mexico Junior College from 1990 to 1992. He moved to his hometown University of New Mexico to play for coach Dave Bliss from 1992 to 1994. Brown led the Lobos to consecutive NCAA tournament berths in 1993 and 1994. As a senior in 1993–94, Brown averaged 19.3 points per game and led the Lobos to their first regular season conference championship in 16 years. At the end of the season, Brown was named the WAC player of the year and nationally was awarded the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, given to the top senior in the nation under six feet tall.

Brown was head coach at Manzano High in Albuquerque for five seasons before taking over as the first head coach of Volcano Vista High, and he also coaches at the AAU level in Albuquerque.

Greg Brown (broadcaster)

Greg Brown is an American sportscaster, born in Washington, D.C., who has worked as a play-by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Root Sports Pittsburgh and KDKA-FM since 1994. He works with Steve Blass, Bob Walk, and John Wehner. Originally, Brown called games with Lanny Frattare until Frattare retired after the 2008 season.

Brown grew up in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He became a Pirates fan through the broadcasts on KDKA radio and would visit Pittsburgh each summer with his parents to see baseball games at Three Rivers Stadium. Brown enrolled at Point Park College and landed an internship with the Pirates' promotion department in 1979, where his duties included serving as the backup Pirate Parrot. He then worked in the Pirates' front office for 10 years in a variety of roles for the sales, broadcasting and public relations departments. He was the public address announcer in 1987 and did weekend sports anchoring at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio in 1988.

Brown spent five seasons (1989–93) doing play-by-play for the Pirates' Class AAA affiliate in Buffalo, NY. He also hosted a sports talk show on WGR radio. For three seasons (1991–93), Brown was the color analyst on Buffalo Bills radio broadcasts and also hosted pre-game and post-game shows for the Bills games. He also called basketball games for the Buffalo Bulls.