Brian Paul Nelson – Branding / Design / Illustration">Brian Paul Nelson

I really enjoy when an artist blends together fine art and design as in the work of Calvin Ross Carl. His geometric painting and sculpture work brings a unique quality that can not be achieved through the computer alone. The textural value of the shapes along with the brush strokes create individual characteristics within each piece of work.

I recently came across the work of Zurich born designer and painter Richard Paul Lohse and I’m really glad I did. Born in 1902, he became and early pioneer for modern Swiss design in the 1930′s and became just as successful in his fine art career as well. It’s always great discovering such a proficient designer from this time because it brings such a greater depth of appreciation to the field for me knowing where a lot of inspiration of today originated from and what it took for these guys to produce work like this.