The best advice I ever received was from the back of a mouthwash bottle.
It read, “Vigorously Swish.”

Brian R. Hibbard (b. 1983, Green Bay, WI) is a Milwaukee-based multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of illustration, painting, collage, wood, and found materials. His work blurs the line between fine art and hands-on fabrication, drawing equally from studio practice and construction sites.

Hibbard considers a piece successful if it sparks conversation, shifts perspective, or makes someone pause and say “huh.” Fueled by coffee, curiosity, and a healthy sense of humor, his practice is rooted in experimentation, play, and material exploration. If it sticks, drips, glows, or rattles, he’s probably tried it.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in business and fine art from the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater and works out of House of RAD in Milwaukee. Through murals, installations, and mixed-media projects, Hibbard aims to bring warmth, joy, and imagination into everyday spaces.

“The sharply divided, politically polarized world we live in sometimes has the effect of making our differences feel so vast as to be insurmountable. And yet underneath it all, there’s a part of each of us that finds joy in the same things. And though we’re often told that these are just passing pleasures, in fact, they’re really important, because they remind us of the shared humanity we find in our common experience of the physical world.

I found that some researchers see a connection to our evolution. Color, in a very primal way, is a sign of life, a sign of energy. And the same is true of abundance. We evolved in a world where scarcity is dangerous, and abundance meant survival. So, one confetto isn’t very joyful, but multiply it, and you have a handful of one of the most joyful substances on the planet - confetti.”

— Ingrid Festell Lee