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Contact Information:
Brian Devon
Grants Pass, OR
United States
Tel: 650-808-0760
Member Since: Jan 2005

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Artist Media:
Mixed Media (14)
Photography Black and White (9)
Artist Exhibitions:

Montana Art Gallery Directors
Assocation featured Artist:

Gallery 16
Great Falls
Montana

Ghost Art
Helena
Montana

Anaconda Wildlife Expo
Anaconda
Montana


Montichiari, Italy
Nov 30th - Dec 6th

ARTEXPO
New York City
March 1 - 5

Uptown Cafe - featured Artist
Butte
Montana

Hilton Hotel/Altman Studio
Vancouver, Washington


NeoCon
Multimedia Show
Chicago...

Further Information
Artist Galleries:
RARE Art Gallery
West Broadway
Jackson Hole
Wyoming

Montana Frameworks
141 Main St.,
Kalispel
Montana

Planet Bronze
Bozeman
Montana


Gateway Gallery
Park Ave
Anaconda
Montana

Ghost Art Gallery
21 Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Montana

Valley Bronze Galleries
Joseph, Oregon
and Astoria, Oregon

Gallery 16
608 Central Ave
Great Falls,
Montana

...

Further Information
Artist Reviews:
"This Artist portrays a vision
and style unlike any artist
working today"
Montana Art Gallery Directors
Association.


Profile: Brian Devon - Beyond
The Medium
Good art doesn’t just show you
something, it makes you feel
something. It gives you a
sense of the subject matter
that goes deeper than the...

Further Information
Collections:
Devon's art is held in over 50
collections, State, Corporate
and Private throughout the
United States and Europe
including:

Office of the Governor - Brian
Schweitzer - State of Montana
First National Bank of Montana

The Gold Street Clinic, Butte,
Montana
St.Peter's Hospital, Helena,
MT/Civic Design, Gt. Falls ...

Further Information

Commissions:
Commission completed for
Richard and Elizabeth Willett,
Philipsburg, Montana

Commission in progress for St.
Peter's Hospital, Helena,
Montana

Commission currently in
progress for Fairmont
Hotsprings Convention Center,
Fairmont-Gregson, Montana.
Installation will be complete
late Fall 2005-Completed
December 2005 - Completed

...

Further Information
Artist Galleries:
RARE Art Gallery
West Broadway
Jackson Hole
Wyoming

Montana Frameworks
141 Main St.,
Kalispel
Montana

Planet Bronze
Bozeman
Montana


Gateway Gallery
Park Ave
Anaconda
Montana

Ghost Art Gallery
21 Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Montana

Valley Bronze Galleries
Joseph, Oregon
and Astoria, Oregon

Gallery 16
608 Central Ave
Great Falls,
Montana

...

Further Information
Artist Reviews:
"This Artist portrays a vision
and style unlike any artist
working today"
Montana Art Gallery Directors
Association.


Profile: Brian Devon - Beyond
The Medium
Good art doesn’t just show you
something, it makes you feel
something. It gives you a
sense of the subject matter
that goes deeper than the...

Further Information
Collections:
Devon's art is held in over 50
collections, State, Corporate
and Private throughout the
United States and Europe
including:

Office of the Governor - Brian
Schweitzer - State of Montana
First National Bank of Montana

The Gold Street Clinic, Butte,
Montana
St.Peter's Hospital, Helena,
MT/Civic Design, Gt. Falls ...

Further Information

Commissions:
Commission completed for
Richard and Elizabeth Willett,
Philipsburg, Montana

Commission in progress for St.
Peter's Hospital, Helena,
Montana

Commission currently in
progress for Fairmont
Hotsprings Convention Center,
Fairmont-Gregson, Montana.
Installation will be complete
late Fall 2005-Completed
December 2005 - Completed

...

Further Information

Artist Statement for Brian Devon

Born in Dublin, Ireland, my journey in image making began when I was around eight years old. I must have expressed an interest in photography because Santa Claus placed a beginner’s photo chemistry kit under our Christmas tree.

My parents had a old fashioned brass bed with heavy blankets that reached the ground. It was under there that I set up my “alchemists cave” and began a life long experiment in image making.

For me there is a need to express something more than the perfect likeness that the camera captures, an inherent desire for my hand to be felt in the work.

Over the years, I worked in several studios in Dublin, Ireland and London, England and San Francisco and had the priceless opportunity to work with some talented professionals. During that time I also had access to state of the art studios in which to further my experiments with surface textures, and explore techniques both traditional and contemporary. Combining some of the techniques developed with these artists lead to my creating the methods that give my work the look it has today.

Those familiar with my work will notice that my newer landscapes are a renewal of my love of black and white. I will always continue the color techniques I've used in the past and I'm still adding surface textures, though perhaps with more subtlety. I have been reminded that I always felt black and white was like listening to the radio, the viewer (listener) has an input forged in their imagination and therefore is a participant in the process.

Over the years these techniques evolved on the road to finding my own voice in the world. I suppose the pursuit of art is a search for your own voice. I have been lucky enough to have found a path to mine, and more importantly been able to share it with those who enjoy what I do.

It was a long and interesting development. The work I produced for my first exhibition in 1982, clearly showed the birth of an style that lead to the images of today.


Available in a Limited Edition of 50 produced on archival cold press watercolor paper.



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