I see my task as creating a dialog between artist and viewer. I try to lead the viewer on a journey using visual signals of color, focus and form, to a feeling of completion and understanding. My direction has been evolving over time towards abstracting some elements of form and line to allow the viewer to complete the subject and provide more participation in the work.
A short biography
My education is in Mechanical Engineering, but I have worked as a graphic artist, illustrator, boatbuilder, programmer, musician, teacher, writer, internet systems troubleshooter, retail store owner, and for the last several years a full time Painter. I have been an ocean sailor, a teacher of sailing and navigation, had built a 42' sailboat and lived aboard a 47' pilothouse trawler on Lake Union in Seattle for several years. I grew up in the greater Seattle area and have spent much of my time exploring the woods, waters and mountains here. My studio is in Sequim, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula.
Shows:
2018 Zamarama Gallery Solo Show Everett, WA
2018 Winter 2018 Shoreline City Gallery Solo Show, Shoreline, WA
2017 Fall 2017 Arts North Studio Tour, Seattle, WA
2017 Fall University Unitarian Church Chapel Solo Show, Seattle, WA
2017 Spring 2017 Arts North Studio Tour, Seattle, WA
2017 Shoreline Arts Festival juried show
2017 Cooper Lanza "Ship of Fools" Group Show, Bellingham, WA
2016 Gallery at City Hall Shoreline "Toasters & Teslas" juried show
2016 Fall 2016 Arts North Studio Tour, Seattle, WA
2016 Shoreline Arts Festival juried show
2016 Bemis Group Show, Seattle, WA
2016 Spring 2016 Arts North Studio Tour, Seattle, WA
2015 Dandelion Botanical Co. Solo Show
2014 Blend Solo Show
2014 DBC Solo Show
2012 DBC Solo Show
Publications:
2018 Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council End of the Year Mailer 2016 The Artist's Magazine Finalist in The Artist's Magazine 33rd Annual Art Competition
2016 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 33, Juror: Mike Lash, Independent Curator, former Director of Public Arts for the City of Chicago
© 2015 Brian Kern Art