Brandon Jones

Two Panthers

Panther and Man portrays an expressive portrait of a cowboy wearing a white cowboy hat confronting a panther in front of a bright red background. The cowboy’s eyes look to the panthe...

Tyler and I portrays two minimalistic characters of cowboys dressed in the same brown clothes and white hat. Although, they look similar, the character t...

Two Cowboys portrays a desert night scene with eight minimalistic cowboy figurines placed on top of each other on an unstretched canvas. Using bold, co...

Big Day portrays an expressive portrait of a cowboy wearing a white cowboy hat in front of a colorful texturized background. The cowboy’s eyes look to the...

STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood. On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning. With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor. Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...

Abstract piece on canvas. Textural quality from layering of paints. Not framed. But canvas is painted on the sides. About the Artist: David Bender...

Animal, Africa, black and white, abstract, spirit animal, leopard, jaguar, tiger, jungle, big cats, wild cats, oil paint, painting, animal print, leopard print, oil paint on stretche...

In 1993, a window of opportunity opened as a result of several different situations that were occurring. I was participating in an Artist-in-Residence program in Yellowstone National Park. At the same time, I had recently been asked to show my artwork in nearby Livingston, Montana. All of these events resulted in a major lifestyle change. My love of the outdoors and of fly-fishing drew me to make the transition. So here I am. I live in a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains where life is the opposite of what it was in Los Angeles. - Joe Fay