I am a multimedia visual artist. My body of work ranges from large installations to small collages. From immersive to intimate, I extrude the extraordinary from the common. I have constructed soaring towers of coffee stirrers and marveled at discovering lost worlds within street scraps. My imagination seeks to manifest wondrous realms from our everyday world. The spectrum of my work leans towards dark and neutral. “Stepping Into” is a sharp departure. It’s from a practice that incorporates my bodybuilding pursuits into my art. The piece is drenched in the red of my poser, in itself a shocking departure from my drab wardrobe.

Brian was born in 1959. He was raised in a home with movable walls designed by his father, an aspiring artist. The openness and fluidity of the modular arrangement captured Brian’s imagination. His mother, a kindergarten teacher, encouraged Brian’s free thinking and constant building.

As a student Brian considered following his passion for stage design, but sought the more personal expression the fine arts offered. He studied drawing and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy. He quickly settled into collage and assemblage. In the mid 80’s he began to explore installation using the exhibition location as an essential part of the piece.

 A lifelong resident of Pennsylvania, Brian has lived and worked in Philadelphia since 1984 with his life partner Keith Breitfeller. He began exhibiting with the cooperative gallery, Vox Populi and remained an active member for 15 years. He has held solo exhibits in Austria, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, the Sande Webster Gallery as well as a prestigious Fleisher Challenge. He has been granted an Independence Foundation Fellowship and other awards. In 2016 he was commissioned by Longwood Gardens.