He studied at the National College of Art and Design[1] and at the Jan Van Eyck Academy in the Netherlands.
In 1987, Browne represented Ireland in Budapest at the 7th International Small Sculpture Show.
[2] He created a well-loved Dublin landmark, Mr. Screen, the squat bronze usher who stood outside the Screen Cinema at the junction of Hawkins Street and Townsend Street in Dublin for many years.
[1][4] His public commissions also include Anti-War Memorial (Limerick, 1987) and the bronze Palm Tree seat in Temple Bar, Dublin.
[2] In 2005, Browne was commissioned to create a sculpture for the exterior of the Blanchardstown Civic Offices called The Tree of Life.