This print making major from Boston and co-founder of the experimental publishing and printmaking project Apenest recently relocated to Santa Fe and wrapped up a 3 person show at NYC’s 92Y Tribeca. He’s also shown at Philly’s Space 1026 and SF’s Park Life. His paintings are simply distinct, unique, and refreshing. Brian has his own voice in an age when that always isn’t common and a skill set that’s beyond most. Some exerts from his latest interview with Fecal Face: “I often have a couple of ideas of where a piece might go before I start. I write down a lot of my ideas in notebooks and usually make my sketches directly on the paper. I try to work on a couple of pieces simultaneously so that I can take some time making decisions on one piece while I work on another.”
If Brian had to explain his work to a stranger, he would do it as follows: “A cyclical creation myth based on conquest, which plays as the primary creator and destroyer. Set off by and sucked into black ether thicker than mashed potatoes, I paint weirdo Americana choose your own adventure novels in acrid colors that bleed into one another, creating vividly patterned compositions bordering on decorative, which are designed to entrance the viewer (like a siren), disguising and distorting violence. Awkward, loud, nasty, and a bit boisterous, I might call them American Miniatures.”
