The World Said I Was Putrid
The World Said I Was Putrid Charcoal & Pastel on 9 x 12″ 140lb watercolor paper Available for purchase here The world stays on the front of the head because of what it said....
Burn the Messenger
Burn the Messenger Charcoal, Pastel & Aged Paper on 9 x 12″ 140lb watercolor paper – SOLD Prints may be coming. Contact if you are interested. This apparition has brought forth a message and it's for you....
Succumb To
Succumb To Charcoal, Aged Paper & Pastel on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper Sold - This was a very personal and rare commissioned piece I created for a friend The swirling blacks and colors tighten to form a keyhole of sorts, representing a final doorway or passage. The aged paper reads "And isn't death the sweetest kiss of all. One that we must succumb to, one that's without end."...
The Lost Color of Empathy
The Lost Color of Empathy Charcoal, Aged Paper & Pastel on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper Currently available here Faced with a foreign color, this entity begins to feel life in its gaze. This color is empathy and fairly unrecognizable. (The words on the aged paper read "Settled within a lost recollection is the lapsed color of empathy.")...
Protection for a Prior Self
Protection for a Prior Self Charcoal & Pastel on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper Currently available here The tragedy in knowing you now have the weapons to fight what your prior self couldn't. A reflection that can be miserable, but there is optimism knowing you won't let it happen again....
Manifesting to No One
Manifesting to No One Charcoal on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper Original Available here 16 x 20" Giclee Print on Premium Watercolor Paper Print Available here This entity gathered up all its energy to reveal itself to onlookers except no one was there. Maybe you can give this being some company before it leaves?...
Pyromancy Reveals a Harbinger
Pyromancy Reveals a Harbinger Charcoal on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper Original Available here 16 x 20" Giclee Print on Premium Watercolor Paper Available here Pyromancy Reveals a Harbinger shows the two side entities expressing avoidance as the center entity grows from a candle staring the viewer down. Pyromancy is used to gain information supernaturally by the use of fire. I wanted there to be a contrast in needing to know an answer, yet still having the reluctance of viewing it....
The Fathers of Undoing: A Visitation
The Fathers of Undoing: A Visitation is a video installation mixing a multitude of mediums creating a visual and auditory experience. A chaotic tandem of three video sources combined with a spoken word musical composition and a hanging tapestry spilling to the floor make up this unique piece. Comprised of three 4k monitors granting the visitation and bringing to life three charcoal pieces (Prognostication of Susceptibility, Conception of Esoteric Undoing and The Third Time’s a Harm). This work definitely borders on new ground pushing the original physical works beyond their identity making this a bizarre innovation. “The idea that art......
Group A Exhibition Opens
I was very honored to have been invited to show with Group A and meet many great artists, gallery owners and art lovers alike. Group A has a rich history full of talented artists that was founded in 1944 as an act of rebellion toward the art establishment; so I feel right at home. Hope at Half-Mast debuted alongside of other great works from many other talented artists at the Spinning Plate Gallery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Please take the time and view the great exhibition on display until December 29th, 2022. All images by Benjamin Brady...
Hope at Half-Mast
Hope at Half-Mast Charcoal, Pastel & Aged Paper on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper Original Available Here Debuts at Group A Now: Salon 2022 at the Spinning Plate Gallery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from December 3rd-29th. We've been mourning hope for so very long that it's time to do it in the most appropriate, american way.I am honored to have been invited to show with Group A here in Pittsburgh. Group A has a rich history full of talented artists that was founded in 1944 as an act of rebellion toward the art establishment, so I feel right at home.......