The Cost of Conformity / #1 of - Limited Edition of 10 Artwork

Bryan is a polymath- part designer, inventor, and artist. Bryan has created and designed award-winning new products for many corporations. Bryan has been named as inventor and designer in 35+ patents filed in 80 countries worldwide. Bryan has also received over a dozen industry awards for his innovations including an IDSA gold award for the Snakelight Flexible Flashlight. The Snakelight was selected by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum for its permanent design collection. Bryan holds a B.S. Industrial Design from the University of Bridgeport where he also studied figure drawing and perspective under Jack Kovatch. Mr. Kovatch was a lead animator at Disney studios during the creation of 1001 Dalmatians. Bryan has also studied color theory and black and white photography. Largely a self-taught artist, Bryan started painting and drawing at a very young age working primarily in watercolor. He started painting with more commitment in 1985 while living in Cambridge, Mass. Artistic statement. Exploration, personal reflection and discovery are what I seek in in all things I enjoy, including art. I want the art I create to provoke, move, or disrupt the viewer- to transport them, at least momentarily, to a new or perhaps forgotten and deeply felt place. To know this is to know me. It’s well understood that the human brain is a complex and powerful pattern recognition organ relentlessly striving to find balance between order and chaos. This tendency toward recognition partially explains why we see faces in clouds or the Madonna in a piece of toast. Realist art is satisfying because “getting” an artwork brings a momentary feeling of victory. In contrast, abstract art confronts the viewer. The art raises the questions instead of the other way around. There is a mystery to abstract art that encourages a long arc of exploration, personal reflection and discovery. I am increasingly looking inward, rather than outward to the material world, for artistic inspiration- indulging my inner muse by seeking refuge in forms of expression that deliberately jettison recognizable content- concentrating on color, texture and form to offer a deeply felt experience. I sometimes start with a vague idea and emotion but, often the idea changes as the work evolves. Some of my more satisfying pieces were created when I relinquish conscious control of the inspirational idea and let the developing piece guide my next steps.