Today we’d like to introduce you to Brian Tull.
Hi Brian, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I graduated from college in 1998 with a focus on graphic design. I had a few jobs in that field but had always drifted back to fine arts. I started painting in my free time, specifically just for the satisfaction and fun of it. I was doing graphic design for a local gallery in Nashville and just happened to mention that I also do paintings. She asks me to bring in a piece. After taking a look at it, she said she would give it a shot and try and sell it. She sold it in a few weeks.
The gallery owner consistently told me if I would stop playing around with the graphic design, she could sell lots of paintings for me. I quit my full-time job in 2007, and thanks to lots of blessings and answered prayers, have been painting full-time since. I’m primarily a studio artist focused on painting for my representation at Quidley & Company Fine Art, custom commissions, and public and private collections.
I completed my first public art mural in 2009, and have since painted public murals in Nashville, TN, Brevard, NC, and Chicago, IL.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I specialize in large-scale, photorealism paintings featuring nostalgic imagery. I am most known for including females as a major part of the narrative of my paintings, and for my tightly cropped compositions, only giving hints about what the story might be. I like to think what sets me apart in my paintings, is the attention to detail, literally.
I use reference photos heavily in my work, and rarely stray from them except for the occasional color change, blurring, or additional sharpness added to a detail. I typically pre-mix my entire painting and place the paints in empty, aluminum paint tubes. Everything’s labeled “A” through “Z”, and “1” through however many colors I have. I’ve been known to color match, and pre-mix/tube a single freckle on a person’s face. I push my paintings as far as I can in acrylic and/or oil, removing all brush strokes, textures, and blend marks, then finish them off in an automotive clear coat. Since I paint on aluminum panels, this gives them a high-quality, deep, lasting finish.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.briantull.com
- Instagram: @artistbriantull
- Facebook: @artistbriantull
- Twitter: @artistbriantull
Image Credits
Andrew Wardlow
