Brian Owens homepage: Sculptor, Painter, Portrait Artist and maker of African American Art


		Sculptor & Painter

(T) 386-956-1724

Sculpture - from public buildings to private homes; Paintings - from murals to miniature; Portraits - from leaders to loved ones. Owens'studio is located just north of the Orlando metro area, in Florida.

Brian Owens was born to sculpt and paint! He began as a sculptor, creating limited edition sculpture based on images drawn from his own heritage. Now, Brian Owens figurative work explores a wide range of interests including historic figures and sports. His over life-size bronze portrait ( bronze portrait bust ) of author Zora Neale Hurston will soon be installed in a new park in DeLand, Florida. He recently completed an over life-size bronze portrait (bronze bust) of Bethune Cookman College Trustee Dr. Larry Handfield that will soon be installed in the new Dr. Larry Handfield Music Annex on campus in Daytona Beach, Florida. Brian Owens public art commission portfolio also includes reliefs of four leaders of profound historic significance that are a permanent feature of downtown Atlanta and large sculptures for two new libraries in central Florida. Brian Owens continues to sculpt as he widens the scope of his abilities to include other media such as oil, acrylic, ink, and pastel. He has become a comprehensive and versatile artist.
Brian Owens is an accomplished oil portrait painter as well, with many commissions to his credit. He has never had a portrait delivery refused. In the begining, Brian Owens saw the art of portraiture as a device to help him understand color and composition so that he could paint visions that he, at that time, lacked the skill to execute. Now, Brian Owens sees portraiture in both oil and pastel as an unfolding creative realm of it's own that offers infinite artistic possibilities. His portraits generally fall into three price catagories: Adult portraits, Childrens portraits and Baby portraits. He is also available to paint group portraits, family portraits and corporate portraits. Brian Owens various works of art range in size from four inches to six feet in height. Within Florida, he is most active in Volusia County, Seminole County, Orange County and the Palm Beach Counties. His commissioned artwork is installed at various public locations in Deltona, DeLand and Daytona Beach, Florida. Brian Owens considers the entire state to be a "local" area and often travels to clients. Although Brian Owens resides just north of Orlando in central Florida, he is able to work with clients well outside his state and region. Brian Owens has worked with corporate clients such as Dayn-Mark Advertising in Atlanta and has private clients from West Palm Beach and Boca Raton, Florida to mid-Michigan. His bronze sculpture Pattern of Life, for example, is in the collection of Saginaw State University in Saginaw, Michigan.
Brian Owens portfolio also includes a series of miniature acrylic paintings entitled Small Works and a growing collection of erotic drawings in ink. Sculpture was he "first love" so to speak, and remains at the center of his imagination. Limited edition sculpture with African American themes and "black art" was his foundation. Now Brian Owens prefers to create unique sculpture on a commission basis.
Brian Owens also offers a variety of art-related services including general sculpture repair and fine art sculpture restoration and conservation. Owens understands how to conserve your outdoor sculpture to help protect it from the elements and from vandels. He can help you select the accessories needed to properly display your art such as pedestals, display cases and display boxes. Or, if you prefer he can design-build a solution to suit you. Brian Owens can install your sculptures onto marble or granite bases and assist with the installation, especially for sculpture located out of doors. Do you have a project that is art-related that can use additional strength and direction? If so, Brian Owens now offers his service as a freelance art director. He will see your project with "new eyes". Brian Owens will bring new ideas to the table to move your project forward faster and better.

Finally, Brian Owens is now offering basic art lessons and instruction in the following areas: Portrait drawing and oil portrait painting, basic drawing, perspective drawing, pastel, sculpting the figure in clay, sculpting the portrait bust in clay and mold making. Learn the basics of how to draw, how to paint and how to sculpt. His basic art lessons and instruction is held at his studio or yours - serving all of central Florida. Click here to check out his new Private Art Lessons and Instruction page

What's Brian Owens up to now? During 2006 Owens was awarded three very competitive grants: The George Sugarman Foundation Grant (for 2006), The Florida Artist Enhancement Grant (for 2006-2007) and the Volusia County Individual Artists Professional Development Grant (for 2006-2007). He is currently producing his "second body" of sculpture and paintings. He recently completed a "study" in oil of Donald Karshan in preparation for a much larger portrait that he will complete in 2006. Donald Karshan was an art collector (amoung other things) who held the world's largest collection of art by Alexander Archipenko, a Ukrainian sculptor and print maker. Owens is also developing a body of erotic art in the form of drawings entitled "Delictactio" inspired by one of his trips to New York. Please contact Brian Owens directly regarding his erotic art, as the images are too racy for this web site. You can always find out what's new in this web site by clicking on the "What's New" button in the Navigation Menu. Click here to check out his latest article entitled "How to hire a Sculptor".

Owens recently unveiled a bronze portrait bust of NAACP civil rights activist Thomas H. Poole (aka T.H. Poole) in the City of Eustis, Florida. Click here to see the sculpture and read Owens' account of this singular leader. Proclamations recognizing T.H. Poole for his many accomplishments are also included in this site. Click here to review 2 of them.

Brian Owens now offers a new twist (for him) on portraiture: Oil Drawings. These are essentialy oil paintings done in one color; a wonderful oil color imported from Driebergen Holland. This method of painting is also known as "underpainting" or "grisaille" and was invented by the Masters of traditional painting centuries ago. For a more complete explanation and examples of work, please click on DRAWING.

In May of 2011, Owens unveiled a bronze sculpture in memory of the St. Augustine Foot Soldiers, who helped advance the cause of civil rights in 1963 and 1964, in a public park named the "Plaza De La Constitucion" in historic, downtown St. Augustine. You can get a sense of how the project like this is done from photos taken as it was completed. This statue was commisioned by the St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Remembrance Project, Inc.

As an amatuer historian, Owens takes a special interest in projects like the St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Memorial Sculpture and has written a set of essays describing the events - that are largely unknown - that made the Foot Soldiers of St. Augustine an important force that helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Read more about it in Black Swan