by Brian McCormack | Nov 26, 2018
Statement: “ Being the pink satin bastard baby bump at my parents’ shotgun Halloween wedding at St.Mary’s Catholic Church in Davenport, Iowa, I finally emerged on December 16th, 1947, a deep blue snow-covered bitterly cold Post WWII dawn, 5 days before my due date on...
by Brian McCormack | Nov 26, 2018
Statement: Art makes me feel at peace. It’s my voice when words aren’t enough. An expression of within that tells a story of a moment in my life. Sometimes its joy, confusion, pain and sometimes I have no idea. I like to tell a story even if it’s one that only I...
by Brian McCormack | Nov 26, 2018
Statement: Sometimes the idea is the starting point, which guides the process, with the goal of conveying that idea through the end product. And sometimes the idea evolves from the process. I work both ways. I’ve started realizing that some of my paintings...
by Brian McCormack | Nov 26, 2018
Statement: Two things that I love to do are garden and paint. The flowers in my Dad’s garden are amazing. I often find them the subject matter of my watercolor paintings. When I am painting something unexpected always appears on the paper. Sometimes the colors I use...
by Brian McCormack | Nov 26, 2018
Statement: Here in the northeast, we are all subject to overcast blue skies in much of the cooler seasons. It occurs so often, we might not notice it at first. It wasn’t until I started to look over my work and saw how that blueish gray is a constant color choice in...