I love the ingenuity of art. I believe art should be fun, playful, and experimental. As a personal rule, I don’t take anything too seriously. Art is a mind let loose! Art is a dream that we artists create.

Spontaneity helps capture the unconscious. I often begin my art designs with quick abstract strokes and splatters - often utilizing whatever materials happen to be handy at the time. Working fast and loose, the emotions become nearly tangible. This opening push is carefully considered, as my own personal Rorschach test. I wrangle the mess. I enjoy a controlled mess.

My art is a product of me and my surrounding environment - a peek inside my mind. I weave a dreamscape of the real along with the imagined. The goal is to start a conversation. I think if your art starts a conversation, you have succeeded. I like creating never before seen images and sharing a moment with the viewer. I want the viewer to wonder. There are infinite possibilities in the realm of art; it is this that excites me the most.

Love,
Brian

"We are influenced by what is going on around us, by the events of our daily lives. Connections are made between seemingly unrelated events, feelings, or experiences. The more we are open to and willing to work with the happenstance of the artistic process, the more enlivened the work becomes. Conversely, rigid fixation on an idea about what the work must look like when it is finished can cause the artwork to become awkward or forced looking, and drained of life. The process of enlivening is further enhanced when viewers are added and the multiple ways of seeing a piece of art bring new perspectives." -- Catherine Hyland Moon, 2002