Early Work 1993-1995

Im going through my archive establishing a timeline of my work in preparation for my retrospective at the Bakersfield Museum of Art.

“Bryan Ida : A Life of Change”

September 28th, 2023 – January 6th, 2024

I will post this timeline as I write it in a series of posts.

Coming from a musical background where one learns by intense practice, repetition and gathered knowledge I applied this method of learning to my new medium. With no formal training and an intense desire to learn I painted something new every day. I would examine what I did the prior day, contemplate the lesson and finish something for the new day. I felt comfortable with the creativity, but the challenge was to figure out how to express that creativity into something deeper using the eyes instead of the ears.

I continued working in acrylic figuring out flow, bleed and viscosity. I used visual elements and gestures from movements of the past to feel with my own hands how gestures are laid down in paint.