Brian Canfield Mitchell
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Brian Canfield Mitchell is an American fantasy and erotic illustrator who specializes in graphite on canvas illustrations. Brian’s work has appeared in many artistic formats and he has made several professional appearances highlighting his work.
Brian is known for his extremely detailed illustrations, which capture the human form and its sensuality, and are a testament to his ability to use his chosen media to create vivid lifelike images.
Brian has made quite a stir as a natural artist on the rise in the world of Fantasy Illustration and its large fan base. In 2005, Brian won a “Fan Award” for his artwork at Dragon*Con, one of the largest Fantasy Conventions in the Southeast of the United States, held in Atlanta, Georgia, with over 20,000 in attendance each year.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Miami in 1976, Brian drew and painted often as a young boy. As his schooling began, the allure of the logic of mathematics lured him away from the artistic world for a time; however, after a hiatus from art during junior and early high school, the enchantment of arithmetic was finally broken, and he plunged back into painting and drawing, even dabbling in sculpture. After a brief stint at New World School of the Arts College, he left to pursue his own artistic path.
To supplement his income during his "struggling artist" phase, and to keep the creativity flowing, Brian became a professional graphic and web designer, working with a number of advertising firms and completing such projects as art for South Florida radio's Power 96.5 FM and the web site of Star Trek and Star Wars novelist A.C. Crispin. He completed paintings for the South Beach nightclub, Glam Slam, which was owned at the time by the musician, Prince, and did a few private commissions for his family.
Brian experimented for years with oil and acrylic paints, pastels and pencils, paper and fabrics, but found himself always drawn back to the simple yet bold look of pencil on canvas. He quickly discovered his passion was for portraiture and fantasy illustrations, focusing on nature, spirituality, mythology, erotica, and the medieval.
His art has since been showcased at conventions across the U.S., including Dragon*Con, MegaCon and Yaoi-Con. He has done live portrait drawings at local Renaissance Festivals and had illustrations featured in local galleries and professional and amateur magazine publications.
[edit] Art style / rough canvas
RoughCanvas illustrations are done using graphite -- most often ordinary #2 pencils -- on the raw, or rough, side of gesso-primed canvas. The canvas' teeth makes for a more textured surface than most drawing papers, allowing both a loose sketch style and a tight illustrative style to be applied together. The stark color contrast of the dark pencil on the cream, bone, or off-white canvas (color variations occur between different rolls of canvas) creates a bold, dramatic effect. Colored pencils or other color additions are rarely used as they detract from this effect.
"The character portraiture is the single most important element in all of the illustrations. Brian has made it his focus to capture the expression of the model, match the emotion of the body language, and convey the mood of the piece through the characters' portraits -- be they human or animal."[who?]
[edit] Professional highlights
- Gallery showing at Kris Lopez Fine Art Gallery in Homestead, FL;
- Art showcased at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia;
- Art award "Best Warrior" at Dragon*Con Art Show 2005;
- Art showcased at MegaCon in Orlando, Forida;
- Art showcased at Yaoi-Con in San Francisco, California;
- Art showcased at the Vizcaya Italian Renaissance Festival in South Miami, Florida;
- Live portrait illustrations at the Vizcaya Italian Renaissance Festival in South Miami, Florida;
- Art for Glam Slam nightclub in South Beach, Florida;
- Art used in cover story of The Guide magazine, November 2003;
- Illustrations for Power 96 FM radio, South Florida;
- Character designs for High Impact Studios' comic book, Raptus;
- Charity artwork for Montessori Children's School and South Florida's Health Crisis Network
[edit] Books
- 2002 Doujinshi Anthology
