Hello, I'd like to personally welcome you to the Whitehead Gallery. Informal Artist Statement: Creating paintings with aesthetic beauty and careful preparation, to produce lifelong treasures, is my primary focus. All of my paintings I take very seriously and strive to capture a scene that may tell a story to you or in the case of still lifes and landscapes portray a scene that is rich and exciting. My palette is open and creative and each painting is its own challenge that materializes from research and study. I've been painting professionally since 2002 and I am still making considerable progress and will continue working hard while learning techiques and developing my own style. The whiteheadgallery is run as my personal busines and I have strong customer satisfaction goals. All paintings found on this site were created by myself and use traditional oil painting methods. Each is its own carefully prepared composition that is made from high quality pigments, solid woods, gesso'd canvas, and copper nails. All canvas are stretched myself to assure quality and consistancy. I don't sub standard materials to insure all paintings have a life much longer than ours. My markets for sales include the Miller Gallery, word of mouth, this website, and I also have been selling small works on ebay. Right now I consider sales and profit second to learning and creative value. You are encouraged to look around and enjoy whatever art you see and I hope that something I created will inspire feeling, desire, or a need to express yourself. Personal and Professional Background: Early in my life my mom encouraged my creativity very strongly. We always had projects to do and she always made sure we had the supplies to solve any problem. My teachers in school the same. In highschool I studied under Carol Becci-Youngs who is, of course, the best art teacher on the planet. In college I got more education in fine art and art history, but also improved my problem solving skills while taking computer and electrical engineering. Initially I wanted to persue a career in fine art and enrolled in the college of DAAP at the University of Cincinnati. Like many artists my mind was not on school and I only went for a year. Several years later I went back to school and decided it best to persue a degree in Computer Engineering at UC. After 4 years of the endless tedium of algorithm analysis, 4 variable calculus, and completing several Co-op jobs on top of a divorce I decided it best not to finish and listen to my dreams and be a fine artist. Between the two studies I have quite a skill set, and although I do not hold a degree, I am perfectly fine not sitting at a terminal turning into a computer. I'm currently painting or promoting art about 60 hours a week. As of June 2007 I've completed 12 commissioned pieces of work and will be promoting this much more as I feel my skills are refined enough to melt hearts with original paintings. Many thanks for your interest and have fun, Artist Bryan S. Whitehead