BRIAN BURGDORF

There is a serenity in Brian Burgdorf’s paintings. The composition is a disordered and non-objective plane that leaves the viewer with no single focal point to rest upon. But when the struggle to make sense of the chaos is abandoned and one views a piece without supposition, a quiet harmony can be found in the rhythmic, scrubbing motion of the brush strokes. This quality directly reflects Brian’s tranquil, meditative method of painting.

Brian works in a dry brush style — taking just enough paint to barely cover the tip of his brush, rarely using water to dilute it. His chosen color palette is harmonious; brush strokes are repetitive, made in the same direction for long stretches of time. The many hours he spends calmly layering colors give his paintings a brilliant luminescence that conveys his subtle genius.