Drawing fosters a direct approach. Working without a predetermined image, recurring interests structure successive investigations via a relatively improvisational process. Marks and smudges compress internal and external locations into semi-palpable forms and shifting spaces.

Abstraction allows an openness of reference to many diverse sources. Each starting point has infinite possibilities and limitations. Over time, accrual and removal shifts both surface and meaning.

Artist Bio

Brian Littlefield is interested in discovery through the sustained inquiry of painting and drawing. His work develops through a process where reiterated concerns and observations coalesce and ossify into marks and smudges. Recent exhibitions include Proximal at HallSpace, Boston MA, and Parts at Kingston Gallery, Boston MA. He received an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and a BFA from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is an Assistant Professor of Art at Emmanuel College, where he teaches drawing, painting, and printmaking. He maintains an active studio practice in Boston, Massachusetts.