Brian Allan is a professional career artist with hundreds
of paintings in private and corporate collections
worldwide. Brian is a fourth generation native Californian
who now resides in Laguna Beach California. A life long
penchant for the production of new ideas has led Brian to
his life’s passion – Abstract Painting. A
friend and mentor once told Brian “the best ideas
have not been thought of yet”. “Creation is
all, and All is creation” would become his
personal mantra and pattern for existence.
Brian was a gifted child with an unusually high IQ who
struggled with the process of structured learning. His
scattered talents concerned his parents who introduced him
to competitive tennis in 1966. An impressive junior tennis
career would produce scholarship offers from across the
country.
Brian’s career as professional tennis player would be
short lived due to injuries. Brian would then pursue an
opportunity in the field of furniture making. The creative
aspects of furniture design would temporarily satisfy his
need to explore and create, but would ultimately fall short
and give way to a desire to express himself from deeper
within. A curiosity about religion and spirituality would
lead him into a seven-year journey of social detachment and
quest for personal and spiritual understanding. Living
outdoors in Hawaii in tents and caves gave Brian the
lifestyle that could sustain his insatiable need for
introspection.
“For many years I was so obsessed with producing
and pondering geometric configurations that I could think
of little else, except how they related to the foundation
of creation and life as I perceived it. One night as I
gazed into a star clustered sky – I suddenly realized
that my pre-suppositions about the role of geometry was
short sighted and had completely overlooked its inseparable
counterpart.” This personal revelation would
open the floodgates to an endless exploration into the
genre of asymmetrical abstraction, a vision that embraces a
belief in the symbiotic relationship between two
inextricable opposites. “The Order of
Chaos” would become Brian’s new mantra as
he continues to attempt to meld these self-perceived
primordial components into a universal commentary.
