Background Information/Artist Statement I have been a working artist since I raided my fathers’
garage for paint and paintbrushes at five to paint the driveway and other
things. I have taken art classes since a very young age through college
including life drawing classes; sculpture and printmaking. I recieved a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada in 2003. I've worked under the pseudonyms of Bradley Man and Furioso as well as have signed a few pieces with my email address(not the one below) as I've worked over the years and have experimented with literary and philosophical ideas incorporated into my work. I currently reside in Los Angeles. Artist Comment My work is my answer to mortality; it is an expression of
the desperation of our situation with the only beautiful answer there is to a
losing situation: fight anyways. Through my love of poetry, primarily Japanese
Haiku and the Homeric epics, I inject directly my stream of consciousness into
my work as I work. I am training myself in how to live through my work. This is
very much an instant in the moment process which leads to specific messages for
each viewer. One of my favorite ideas is something Picasso said, to paraphrase it, I seek to paint what is not there. I believe that art needs to be something that is personal and have the touch of the creator to it, rather than the manufactured conceptual art which is more like experimental theater than visual art, this is of course not the norm in todays ironical type of installation art or overhyped shock art which only has value as far as getting attention like a child does when it crys. Ending Of course everything here is for sale so contact me for pricing. OR DONATE SO I'M NOT STARVING! Please click on any of the work here for a larger image. These are a general overview of my work and not necessarily my most recent ones. I also have a more focused brochure of work over the last 18 months for mailing purposes, please request one via email with your mailing address. All images and poetry are copyright 2009 Bradley Shaffer and cannot be reproduced or exploited in any way without the express written consent of myself. See page 2 here: http://sites.google.com/site/bradleyshafferart/Home/bradley-shaffer-art-page-2 See Page 3 here: http://sites.google.com/site/bradleyshafferart/Home/bradley-shaffer-art-page-2/bradley-shaffer-art-page-3 Click on this link of the sitemap to see other pages: http://sites.google.com/site/bradleyshafferart/system/app/pages/sitemap/list Click on any of these and my other pages here on the left hand side of the page as well. If you find my work of interest I would be pleased to send
additional visual materials and background information or setup a meeting where
possible.
More images of my work may also be seen at the following links:
http://www.artlanow.com/BradleyShaffer/BradleyShaffer%20html/BShaffer.html
Also I have a Facebook art album, please request me to make a public link for you and I will.  2009, Put this on my grave, "There's no master plan, all wonder" Oil on Canvas Board OOCB, 12x16  2008, I was lost when they told me, Oil on CardBoard, 12x13  2009 OOC, Constructing a hole, Hermes Slipped, 18square  2005, OOC, 16x20  2009 OOC, Monstrous Winged Drone, Not a Friend, 16x20  2009 Pastel on paper,  2009 OOC 16x20  2009 OOCB 16x20  2009 OOC 18sq  2007 I am Brutal, 48x36 Oil Pastel on Paper  2007 Pen on paper 8x10  2008/9 Gouache on paper  2003, OOC, 60x48 The death of Vice, Encased in Unknown Folly, Unfinished Business, I was forced to do this  2007 PenOP, 8x11, Self Portrait  2009 OOCB, 12x16, Sanchez   2001, OOB, My world is what you say it is, 12sq  2004, The great Sadness, OOC, 48x36  1995, OOC, 16x20, Jenny  1998, OOC, Irrational Dynamics, 36sq.  2007 Clytemnestra, COP, 8x11  2007 Circe, COP, 8x11  9/11/2001, COP, 8x11  2007, PastelOP, 24x36  2002, OOCardBoard, Law of the deadly dead  2000 Marker on paper, 8x11  2000  2001  Bradley Man, 2001  2001  2001  2001  2001  1994  2002, Ominous Idol, OOC, 10x11  2000, I want to kill the world, POP, 8x11  A musical atlas of anatomy and art history, 2001, OOC, 48x60  POP 2000  2006, OOC, 18sq  2002 OOC  2009 COP, Help with time gone, used flowers 48x24  2009, OOC, 16x20  2009 ,18sq OOC  2009 Oscar, OOC, 17x20  2009 OOC, 16x20  2002 Pastel On Paper,Take me away, 24x36  2008 16x20 OOC  2002, OOC  1998, Oil On Cardboard, 10x20  2000, Am I dead?, Self Portrait, Pencil on Handmade Japanese Paper  2000   1993, from Falling Down movie  2001  1995  2001  2002, into boxers  1998  2001  2003, the wealth of the master  2000 http://sites.google.com/site/bradleyshafferart/Home/bradley-shaffer-art-page-2 |
Please donate so I don't starve!!!  Oil on Canvas-OOC Oil on Canvas Stretched over board-OOCB Oil on Board-OOB Oil on CardBoard-OOCB Pencil/Pastel on Paper-POP Charcoal on Paper-COP inchesxinches  2007, Oil on Canvas OOC, 60x48  2009, 12x16, oil on canvas board(OOCB)   2007, This is why the world is gone, 60"x48", OOC  2009, OOC, 16x20  2009, love where there's love, OOC, 16x20  2009, 18x18, OOC    2009, 18x18 OOC  2007, Hero exits violently in a box, 18x18 OOC  2009, 18x10, OOC  2002  2007 Charcoal on paper, 24x48  2009 Death from Love (like a baby on the run), OOC, 48x36  2001, Oil on Cardboard  2007, 8x12, marker on paper  2007, The birth of birth(nee Tragedy), Pastel on Canvas, 60x72  2007, In our time, we became one, blind in a storm, we weary children of the sunshine OOC, 36x48  2002, Pastel on Paper  2007/8 Indians in space, rage inside me, 60x48 OOC  ~2001, Ink on paper, part of a series I did, 8x10  1998, pencil on paper, 8x11  2004, From the flames of hell, sea geese, with summer news POP 8 x11  2007, Mind Process Dump, POP 12x18  2007, Helen, Charcoal on Paper, COP, 8x10  2001 Pen wash, I don't want to starve!, 8x10 2001 Ink on paper  1998 The man tells them but nobody knows, OOC  2008, Lifetime of lifetime  A la Monde: con mucho gusto trabajo, 2001  2001 There is no way to communicate how much I cared  2001  2007  2002  2001  1995/6  2002 OOCB  2001, The innocent will never die OOC, 16x20  2001, Self Portrait, OOC, 16x20  1998 Self Portrait OOC 16x20  Bradley Man 2000 COP  1998 Artists Hand, Ceramic Painted, Life Size  2006/7? POP  2002 Oil on board Executed with my trigger, 12x12  2009 , Nietzsche's pay or pay the gods, OOCB 18x18  1996, Self Portrait, OOC, 16x20  2001 Me Llamo es Furioso!, OOB 48x36  2009, OOCB, 16x20  2003 OOC  2007 OOC, 18x18  2007/8 Man in time, OOC, 18x18  2002 OOC, 18x18            2002, The world is cleaned while we sleep out of the desperation of life |