Brian
Colley
Brian Colley has worked as an independent artist and illustrator in the Roaring Fork Valley since 2010. He holds a BA in fine art and supplements his time creating paintings, drawings, engraved prints, and graphic illustrations (including a weekly comic printed in The Sopris Sun newspaper called “The Unparalleled Universe”). He’s been a resident at SAW in Carbondale since 2013 and also has been the Gallery Manager at Carbondale Arts since 2014. Brian co-created the Roaring Fork Drawing Club with his friend Lindsay Jones in 2017, a free weekly social group of sketchy people.
In his free time you can find Brian playing ukulele, as well as fiddle/spooky saw/toy piano in the local band “Sweet Jessup and the Dirty Buckets”. He also enjoys learning new art mediums, connecting with local creatives, making weird but awesome art, and writing artist statements that people may or may not read.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is driven by a desire to dig deep into myself. There I often find my imagination running wild, inspired by astronauts and dinosaurs, outer galaxies and inner consciousness, the history of this planet and universe, and the stories that drive us to change and be better humans. The paintings and prints I create are based in realism and have a tendency towards fantastic surrealism. In each work there is a connection to something personal in my own life experience that finds its way to the surface.
S.A.W. STUDIO FOR ARTS AND WORKS 