NEW SERIES
In the process of working on an entire new series of work, more so inspired by the manly spirit of life..Updates ASAP!!
Apologies for the lack of updates this past month, no excuses.. Been updating a lot through Facebook though, so add me to your FACESPACE if you want to keep up with what's happening a little bit closer.
I recently completed some clothing design work for Imperial Motion although I won't be able to publicize the results until a little later, but please support these guys. ! AFFILIATION
Also recently was part of a group show @ Parlor Gallery in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The show was titled 'Blah, Blah, Blah' and deals with the use of text in art.. The show runs through the end of May. Thanks to Jill Ricci & Sarah Potter.
Some more makings from the past week or so...
I'm also sending out random art envelopes to those who want one. Getting back to organic letters, and packages compared to this digital world. Hopefull others will follow suit and make pen pals again.
If you'd like an envelope please pass along your address HERE
Some more works from the past few days
#1 & #2 - 'Follow The Leader, Or You Could Just Fucking Kill Him' 48x36 mixed media on canvas
#3 - 'Pink' 11x14 mixed media on wood, with plexiglass.
#4 - 'Ah Well' 11x16 mixed media on wood
#5 - 'Joe' 9x12 solvent transfer on paper with marker & spray paint.
#6 - 'Untitled' (skull 3.3) 9x12 solvent transfer on paper with acrylic, & ink
Good weekend of piecemaking..Collage and paint constructions.
Added some new random works from the last week or so. Enjoying the process of spontaneous paint markings.
Image Roster Below
#1 & 2 - 'You, Me, Mexico' 16x20 transfer,paper, acrylic on wood with found wood stretcher frame
#3 - 'Smitten' 9x12 transfer & acrylic on wood
#4 - 'White Wedding' 11x14 transfer, acrylic, gold leaf on wood
#5 & 6 - 'Avoid The Litany of Predictables' 16x20 transfer, acrylic, stain on wood with found stretcher bar frame
#7 - 'Look' acrylic on paper randomness
#8 - 'Day Off' 5x7 paper on wood
#9 - '1987' 6x6 paper & acrylic on wood
#10 & 11 - 'And That Horse You Rode In On' #2 16x20 transfer & acrylic on wood. Framed
And a Happy Birthday to my Mom!! Wouldn't be where I am without you..Love You!!
Added two more pieces today. First there is 'And That Horse You Rode In On' a 16x20 transfer with acrylic, framed. And 'Ready Made' an 11x14 trasnsfer,acrylic, spray paint piece mounted on an ancient silkscreen frame.
Another new piece titled 'Butchy' it's an 18x24 work consisting of transfers,acrylic,spray paint, fabric, and staples on wood with a found stretcher bar frame. Very much enjoying using different materials, and being more spontaneous, and less polished with some of this work.
I'll have some previous collage work in this new book titled 'Cutting Edges' which is being published in Germany, and will reach the states next month. If you'd like to have a closer look or purchase it, click HERE
Today marks the sixth anniversary of my dad's passing. Hard to believe another year has come and gone, and the realization is still as evident as ever that's he's not coming home. We can change and improve all things in our lives, but death is something that's completely permanent. Scary. Although, I'm still learning ways to feel his presence in my life, and have him there with me..Miss ya Dad!!
Three random image experiments.. 'Create Your Fortune Today' 8x8 pennies, and epoxy resin on wood. 'Neon Indian' a 9x6 transfer, and acrylic on wood. And 'Picasso' an 8x10 transfer on wood...
Some random imagery on this rainy Sunday. I'm in love with cool rainy days, it seems to spark the inspiration a little bit more than those warm sunny ones we're so used to here in Florida. The first piece titled 'Clint ' is 16x20 transfer on wood with coffee, plexiglass, and screws. Another 'No Man's Land:Hawaiian Version' 9x12 transfer on wood, and a My Hungry Years screenprint on found magazine page.
Inspiration Station
One of the things I've discovered over time is that it's very rare in life when you meet someone who's entire spirit can radiate throughout a room. Who's aura, and energy you can actually feel enter and pass through you. I recently had the privlege of meeting and sharing moments with such a talented young woman who does possess these unusual abilities, and who's creative spirit has inspired the hell out of me. I'm pleased to introduce Ms. Lindsay Perry A supremely talented musician,surfer,artist, person.
photo via: Jonathan Hon
Recently completed some new works that are on display @ The Peacock Room in Orlando. Some new directions and imagery to be explored in this new year of ours 2011. The show @ Peacock runs through February 19th..
Been busy working out a Tumblr log known as 'My Hungry Years' It's pretty much an on-going collection of found imagery that intrigues and inspires. Beautiful findings.
http://www.myhungryears.com
Some new and previous works @ The Peacock Room in Orlando, Fl. Monday night January 17th.
Sean Hartman from Neon Forest Gallery recently put together a little video interview that we did during my recent show @ the gallery 'Between You & Me' I feel like I have never really watched myself talk on video before. OH Wait! There was that speech class in high school where we had to film ourselves.haha. But, yeah please check out the interview below.
Brandon McLean-Video Interview via Neon Forest
I've been working on updating a new inspiration blog. The blog will mainly be image based, and consist of found imagery from around the internet that intrigues and inspires me. Check it out here --->MY HUNGRY YEARS
Small Cluster works from 'Between You & Me' @ Neon Forest Gallery in Orlando. If you're interested in purchasing any of these works please contact me HERE
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Just finished uploading, and thumbnailing almost 100 different journal / gluebook pages from the years 2000-2006. Lots of personal writings, photos, and experiments. Some come off a bit embarrassing now, but hell they are all apart of the my past.
Here are a few: The rest are posted under the collage section HERE
Really starting to get sucked into the notion that 'Nice Guys do Finish Last'
Below is the first batch of images from my recent solo show 'Between You & Me' over @ Neon Forest Gallery in Orlando. The show and installation came together great. So much thanks goes out to the guys @ Neon Forest- Dustin Orlando, Sean Hartman, Scott Donald and Jay Dawarski..
More images from the installation and opening are posted @- Neon Forest-Flickr
'Between You & Me' centers around the idea of impermanence. This undeniable and inescapable fact of life that no-one, or nothing is ever free from. It's a very overwhelming feeling to know that everything we have or encounter in life eventually must fade away. The show is about my own journey with understanding and accepting this reality of life and finding a way to escape it in some sense by preserving quiet moments and perfect instances through various layers of image and emotion. This work is a collection of memories, nostalgic notions, though never perfect from their originals, these captured pieces become a recollection, a blurry dream, aiming to evoke a glimpse into some kind of tangible truth.
I'm in the process of working on the biggest show I've done to date. A solo show entitled 'Between You & Me' which will be opening on September 25th @ Neon Forest Gallery in Orlando. I've been so excited to have been giving this opportunity by the guys over @ Neon Forest. Many thanks to Dustin, Sean and Scott. The gallery will be filled with all completely new works, as well as several installation pieces.
'Between You & Me' centers around the idea of impermanence. This undeniable and inescapable fact of human life that no-one or nothing is ever free from. It's a very overwhelming feeling to know that if everything eventually fades away: love, beauty, faith, family, heatlth, why do we get close to anything or anyone? The works in the show are a collection of memories, nostalgic notions, though never perfect, these captured pieces become a recollection of some kind of tangible truth.
Below are a few close up photos of various works..More info and work to come!
Have a small interview in the new Summer Issue of SBC Wakeboard Magazine. Cool little interview about the art process and some wake related stuff..Thanks to Adam Levitt and Bryan Soderlind for the portrait.
Also deep in preparations for a solo show in mid September @ Neon Forest..Updates soon!!
Two group shows I'm involved with are going on this weekend, but unfortunately they are far off, and I can't make the trip for the openings. It's great sending work to new cities and galleries, hoping to meet new people and expose work to people who probably have never run across my work before. One is titled 'Made Out of Beautiful' @ Parlor Gallery in Asbury Park, NJ. The other which I mentioned below is 'Rainbowlogical' @ Corduroy Boutique & Gallery in Portland, Maine. I'll have some images from the openings up on here as soon as I run across them online.
Here are a couple recently mailed off pieces for the show 'Rainbowlogical' up @ Corduroy Boutique & Gallery in Portland, Maine. The show consists of seven artists each assigned a color of the rainbow(I received Orange obviously) and the show will be hung in rainbowlogical order; pretty cool concept huh? Man I wish I could make the trek with these works, I've always wanted to make it up to Maine.. I will soon though..
The opening reception 'Welcome to the Forest' @ the newest hub for art in Orlando 'Neon Forest' went great despite the heavy Florida summertime rains. Great show put on by some great people. Have to give a huge thanks to Dustin Orlando, Sean Hartman, Scott Donald for all their hard work with the gallery, and all my friends who made it out to support, it means a lot..
More great shots of the opening night are up here on flickr .......HERE
I recently completed a large mural for the grand opening event 'Welcome To The Forest' @ Neon Forest A new art gallery and project space in Orlando. The piece was 8ft by 8ft, mixed mediums on wood. I had a blast working this large. The piece is titled 'Faded Dreams'
'Glue Without Goals'
Some quick instinctual paper scrap glue files.
'Acknowledgements'
Below are the first ten images in an on-going collection of around forty pieces. I ripped all of the acknowledgement and dedication pages out of all of my books, and started combining them with found images from the photo archives. I really quite enjoy the ambiguity behind these juxtapositions. Putting names to faces can be an interesting challenge.Yet a good one.
Super Stoked to have some work in this..Look for a printed book in a few months as well as a group show..
RRR.002 EZINE | 04.22.10 | STRIKE Two
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Happy 40th Earth Day! To celebrate this special occasion we'd like to share
with
you this ezine from the RRR crew. Once again we've pooled together work that
has been repurposed, reinvestigated and re-worked for your enjoyment. Our
list of artists is growing and we welcome more people to join us. After getting
to know our project, please feel free to spread the word to your friends &
family
and don't hesitate to contact us. A printed version of this ezine will be
due in
mid summer and will contain more work from our artists; working individually
and in groups. Thank you for your support, enjoy.
More info about the project and the artists at rrrproject.com.
Link to pdf (HERE)
Did some live art making with Fellow Artists Scott Donald and Dustin Orlando last week in Orlando. Hi-Gloss was an art/fashion event to benefit the opening of a new art space in Orlando, called Neon Forest. Definitely a different experience trying to work with all hell breaking loose behind you, music, cameras, dancing...Good Times.
I recently completed three pieces for the 'Believe The Hype' Show which is taking place this Saturday April 10th @ Eazy Street Gallery in the Wynwood district of Miami. The pieces are of a larger scale with one being 5' by 3' and the other two measuring out @ 4' by 3'.
With these three pieces I went back and re-used some imagery from five years ago. This February marked five years since my Dad passed away, and unfortunately almost exactly five years later my Grandfather has passed away too. I had made the initial works with these images shortly after my Dad's death, and in looking back could feel the more sepia toned melancholy that dominated those months. And now with another huge figure in my life passing on, I wanted to go back and explore again using these images, now combining them with all I have learned in the past five years about art and life. I also had wanted to rebel a bit against the pieces I have made over the past year or so. Now, I don't want to put down anything I have made, but I did feel @ times that I wasn't being true to myself and instead found myself thinking too much perhaps about what others wanted, or what seemed marketable @ the time. These are the works I wanted to make right now, this is what feels right @ this moment..Enjoy..!!
Here are the three pieces from 2005
And some looks @ the new works..2010
'And She Was' 60" x 36" Mixed media on wood
' Enjoy Being No-One, But Yourself' 48" x 36" Mixed Media on wood
'The Most Important Man' 48" x 36" Mixed Media on wood
Some photos from an installation I did today over @ The Urban Outfitters in Ybor City. I titled the piece 'Source Material' because it consisted of hundreds of the ephemeral images that make up the artwork I create. I did have a proper cluster of paintings, but also wanted to explore the freedoms again of getting lost in the installation process. A lot of the time for me the actual process of working is more rewarding than the actual outcome. I can enjoy and relish the subtle nuances that occur in the building up of the layers.
Uploaded some random small works from last night and this morning. I love it when you're digging through the archives and just happen upon the right imagery..Following and Trusting the Process..
A few new various pieces recently. Also updated the Upcoming Shows link with a couple events on the horizon that I am involved with.
One new piece 'A La Mode' added to paintings section..Several more small works are being finished up...soon
It has been a rough week.My Grandfather passed away last week, and dealing with death again has been tough. He was sick lately, but was on the mend, only to be taken out by the ol' ticker..Scares me literally because now both my dad and grandfather have succumb to heart attacks.. Although 'Big Ed' was 78 and lived a wonderful adventure filled life, I will miss him dearly..So many good memories with him growing up..
Edward J. McLean 'Grandpop' 1931-2010
On another front, I added a collage page to the column on your left. It will be updated periodically with the small collage works, that don't quite fit in the paint category. First up is a small collage book I put together yesterday. Fourteen pages of mixed media on an altered children's book 'War and Peace'
Here are some random small works I have completed over the past couple weeks.
Surf Expo- I was invited to be a part of the first Orlando Arts Project @ Surf Expo this past weekend. Spent three days displaying my work and meeting random people and maybe even some potential clients. My awesome girlfriend Katie came down from NYC to hang out and help me out during the event. I also had the opportunity to meet some other awesome artists who were also on display.. Hunter Payne has some awesome and fun illustrations and George Peterson has some amazing wooden sculptures.. Check these guys out.. And a big thanks to Jonathan Pears who came by to snap these pictures of my display.
Small Wonders took place on January 9th over @ Lat Zero in Thornton Park. Super cold night but the gallery was packed with people, some huddled around the makeshift fire pit out back. I had one piece in the 10x10 installment up-stairs as well as two large installations of my woodblock collage pieces downstairs. Tons of thanks to Dustin Orlando for all the hard work with the show.
Urban Outfitters had a get together last week, where a bunch of artists were called on to display a piece @ the store on various dressing room doors. Here is my piece titled 'What am I doing?'
Uploading two more pieces recently completed..
New Work! I recently completed some new works for display @ Lambs Eat Ivy in Thornton Park. It was fun working on larger pieces again, building layers, and throwing paint. Special thanks to my girlfriend Katie for the studio assisting. Please stop by the Salon to check out the work and maybe pick up a piece for a Christmas present. More Photos on the Way!
Sea Legs Exhibition @ Say It Loud! in Orlando. I really got stoked on the name for the show, and went with what I know and love, my family history with the ocean. There are some previous pieces thrown in there, but I also included family fishing photos, some nautical flag experiments, and lots of personal hidden meanings of objects..Symbols you can gather from objects, words, numbers..Stoked!!
Special thanks to Sean Hartman Scott Donald and Tonya Dickie for all their hard work..
Individual pieces are for sale..CONTACT ME