Feature Artist - Brando

Good Day All,

For this weeks feature artist we bring Brando from Portland, Oregon. 

Name: Brando

Age: 26

How did you get started in art?: 

In high school I started doodling weird little cartoony monsters and playing around with spray paint at our local skate park. I started working with acrylic on spray painted canvases in about November of 2013 and have been completing most of my work since I moved to Portland, OR in July of 2014.

Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA

What types of art do you enjoy doing?: 

I really like working with acrylic on old tools and wood, the natural looking wood grain and cool textures of old metal make the acrylic stand out really well. I love working with spray paint as well which I hope to be able to do more of in the future

Do you have a dream project?: 

I have a few dream projects, I'd like to get to do some murals and work on some bigger canvases. I really want to get to paint on a big saw mill blade at some point, but you don't just find those at thrift stores like you do old handsaws.

Do you have a favorite piece of artwork completed?: 

I'd probably say the recent one I did of a bore skull with smoke and symbols coming out of it's eyes, I don't usually do stuff like that so it was really fun.

Is there another artist that inspires you?: 

Probably the kids I grew up looking up to like my friends Aiden Kringen, Mike Funkhouser, and Gary Labonte they are the ones that made me want to keep painting with their natural talent and passion for art. I follow a lot of artist that inspire me like Jeff Soto and Charlie Immer with their bright colors and monsters. as well as a few tattoo artists like Pony Reinhardt who does really cool nature and geometry tats and Dr. Woo who has the most amazing detail and line work.

Where can we see your work: Instagram:@brandofoshosho 

Contact :brand_o67@yahoo.com

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Thanks Brando for sharing your work. Please check him out on Instagram.