Self Portrait

Sean Brannan

Sean’s work straddles the figurative and abstract realms of painting.

“The approach I take to painting is to access the subconscious through the creative process. I believe that in the creation of art, or an image, one gains understanding of themselves by realizing that part of us which is otherwise inaccessible. For me, I feel that painting gives me the most expressive medium for exercising the creative process”.

Considered both an abstract and figurative artist, his recent work has been purely non-representational abstraction adapted from his previous figurative works. These works often begin as a continuous bold single line drawing, moving along in an indeterminable, overlapping sequence creating non-representational shapes. Once established, he uses an application of paint utilizing primarily flat colors that convey strong emotional and symbolic energy, yet also forces the viewer to confront the paint itself. In this way the paint and the color becomes just as important as the line. He see this combination of line, shape, form, and color as a “community”. Extrapolating this concept of community- The painting becomes a map outlining and detailing the connection between all of it’s disparate parts without which it would fall apart or unravel. Sean tends to view these unions “as a microcosm that informs the inter-connectivity of human relationships”.

Sean Brannan received a BA in graphic design from Plymouth State University in 1994.
He currently resides in San Diego, CA.
He can be contacted through this site for current or commissioned works.