Mid-career university studies galvanized exploration of nature, light, colour, composition, paint movement and conceptual abstraction. As a seasoned designer, builder and artist - described by friends and colleagues as a ‘life-long learner’ and a ‘builder at heart’ practiced in ‘distilling the complicated into the more easily understood’ - Brian's intent is to meld experience with idea, method with material, heart with head and hand. His art practice embraces conceptual innovation and method refinement with the goal of creating unique nature-based contemporary mixed-media artwork, while drawing upon experience in world travel, photography, design, sculpture and oil painting.