Carl Bradford

JazzHead Studios is a collection of artworks inspired by and about the feelings and intensities from Jazz music. This collection all mixed mediums or original works on paper.

My name is Carl H.Bradford III. I'm a bit of a creative idealist when it comes to my work. I surround myself with the many creative efforts of classic jazz and up and coming jazz musicians, bouncing between the older classics and the new. I feel I have a vast array of inspiration with all the past and present music available.

Once I have that music in my ears, it inspires me to create my jazz works on paper. I search everywhere for jazz imagery, or I look in my own personal image collection for that perfect shot. As a graphic designer, I have been influenced by years of editorial image searches. Then hone in on an artist who is fully engaged in deep, musical thought. This is what pushes me to create the many layers that I call my JazzArt.

My works can be subtle or dynamic, having color, texture and execution options. It is free flowing or graphic in nature. I work in a mixed medium approach using coffee grounds, watercolors, inks, dyes, pencils and pastels. I lock down each pass of the pastels with fixative, then add the next layer of emotio...

Tech Diploma Art Institute of Atlanta/Decatur
Technical Diploma, Web Design and Development
2010 – 2012 (still continuing)

BA/ Design Maryland Institute College
The Maryland Institute College of Art
Graphic Design
1974 – 1977

Exhibitions
-2020
-Featured Artist (Odd Things) June 3rd - July 11th, 2020 Solano Town Center Gallery, Fairfield Ca.

Solano Town Center Gallery Fairfield/Suisun Visual Arts Association Fairfield, Ca.2019

-Finalist 65th Annual Nor-Cal Regional Juried Art Exhibit Nov 9th - Jan. 5th, 2019

Solano Town Center Gallery Fairfield/Suisun Visual Arts Association Fairfield, Ca.
-All About Textures Solano Town Center Gallery April 3rd- May 19, 2019

Fairfield/Suisun Visual Arts Association Fairfield, Ca.
-First Impressions Lawler House Gallery Fairfield, Ca. April 10 - June 9, 2019

-Currently Exhibiting with Fairfield/Suisun Visual Arts Association
(Solano Town Center Gallery each month 2018)

Current URLs: www.studiob3creative.com
-All recent artworks also available online www.Saatchiart.com 2016 - current
Past Exhibitions
-Private Showings and commisions 2007 - 2015 - 1992 (Atlanta, Ga.)
-Washington DC, Small Gallery and Group showings 1990 - 1992
(Washington DC Studio Tours)
-Washington DC Artist Association 1977 78
-Maryland Institutes Black Students show 1974-1975