George Edward "Pepper" Brown (Cathedral Mountains, TX, 1926 - 1999, Alpine, TX) Brown, George Edward "Pepper". (1926-1999). B: San Antonio. D: El Paso.Watercolorist, painter.Alpine.Studied: Sul Ross State Teachers College, Alpine (B.S.);Stanford University; New York University. Member: Texas Watercolor Society.Exhibitions: Texas Watercolor Society, 1951, Rock Harbor No.2, 1952, Contest, Ferrell Galleries, El Paso, 1963, (solo);Gallery 225, New York, 1973; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1970.Brown was raised on a ranch south of Alpine at Cathedral Mountain. He began painting in 1939. Brown opened Pepper's Paint Brush, a school for artists, in Marfa in 1969.Sources: El Paso Herald-Post, June 16, 1969.