about me :
​I desire ingenuity

wood carving :
I feel incredibly fortunate to have been led to my true love of hand carving wood.

I love the simplicity of using hand tools as well as the balance of physicality and grace.

Wood carving is jazz. A constant chess/ boxing match with interplay between wood/tool/mind/eyes/hands. 
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From organic abstractions and dreamscapes to capricious pop art and finely honed utilitarian objects, Brian's work simultaneously evokes a comforting familiarity and the awe of glimpsing the farthest reaches of an inexhaustibly creative mind. His commitment to carving almost exclusively by hand results in exquisite detail, surface texture and three dimensional shape, defying the raw material of flat planks, and gently coaxing it into a new, deeply expressive life.   -          Carolyn Macuga, art historian and educator                            
Resume:
Jazz Performance studies at Bucks County Community College and Temple University 
Fine Woodworking studies at Bucks County Community College

exhibitions:
Wharton Esherick Museum  themed competition : 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Contemporary Mixed Media Exhibition: (Furniture Society Conference 2003
I Can Live with That: Unique Functional Furniture 2004
CORE10 Award for Sculpture 2004
WORKS IN WOOD 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2016
TAKE ISSUES – Washington DC sculpture show 2008
ACROSS THE GRAIN 2008 -
Fine Woodworking XXX – 2009
500 Cabinets – Lark Books 2010
Raise up Japan - 2011
Poplar Culture: The Celebration of a Tree 2012
Philadelphia Art Alliance Shop on the Square 2014
Savor New Hope 2012
Analog A Go Go  2012-2019
My friend Brian is that rarest of people- a truly original thinker and feeler. His art never fails to astound and excite me. I'm not a visual artist, but a musician, so I don't have the technical knowledge to defend my statements about the impact of Brian's art. I only know that the impact is real, and is immense. In my musical world, we talk about the impact of people like Coltrane and Hendrix, and we use words like transcendent, relentless, startling, prodigious, questing, etc. These words and all the others that we use to describe experiencing art can probably be summed up in one word-  love. Ultimately, the work is about love. I think this best describes the art of Brian.  -
​ Ben Schachter,  renowned jazz musician, composer, educator www.sungunsung.com
collaborative work with Ben Schachter Trio of Many
                                                                     feature on my work in issue #76 of Wood Carving Illustrated

​I always love the opportunity to create treasured custom works for clients.  For custom commissions, purchases, advice from the future, or to just tell me what your fave piece of mine is please email: 
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bfromthefuture@gmail.com

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I have had an incredible  journey that continues to take me to amazing places. 

I am  lucky to have had the privilege to study jazz. Jazz goes beyond music to me. it is religion. it is truth. it is the pulse of the universe.

Massive thanks to John Sheridan (my first jazz guitar teacher and all around cool guy), Tom Giacabetti ( my guitar teacher for over 3 years, a master and kind soul. Tom sadly passed away a few years back but his influence  is eternal.. check out Tom's work at tomgiacabetti.com .... and my first jazz improv teacher and true legend Ben Schachter .. thanks for being an amazing friend/inspiration on the journey  .. 

In 2001, I enrolled in the fine woodworking program at Bucks County Community College to get a better understanding of general woodworking. I was fortunate that Mark Sfirri was running the program at the time. Mark is a pioneer in the contemporary movement of studio furniture/woodturning. An all around great teacher/person and artist Mark exposed an endless universe of exploration that could be found in woodwork/sculpture that still holds true to me.

I also had the opportunity to study wood carving under Jon Alley at Bucks who exposed me to the  most beautiful artform of carving and hand work.
                                                                                           still dreaming... still the same boy 
                                                                                                 (first day of kindergarten)