Mike Brehm creates drawings using traditional materials: paper, wax pastels, ink, graphite, and colored pencils. His imagery originates in his sketchbooks where he practices automatic drawing. The immediate results are frenzied and abstract. Out of this raw psychological palette, he develops images, bringing out forms from the jumble of chaotic marks. These drawings are then further refined and become a basis for his larger works.
Through his drawings and technique, Mike strives to uncover prophetic, misremembered, and poetic moments. These are the prizes of the automatic drawing process and they arise without intention and reveal themselves to him at a later date.
INSIGHT Art Talk | Thursday, January 16, 7 pm
Final Friday | January 31 and February 28, 6-9 pm
