Biography
Brandon Cannon is a 28 years old artist that studied illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, GA. After graduation, he moved back to NYC and began working as an artist assistant at what is now known as Pioneer Works. Later he went on to be an assistant working on the Holiday Windows for Bergdorf Goodman through the direction of John Gordon Gauld. He met his wife while living there, a Panamanian girl, and they decided to get married and move to Panama to get a nice change of scenery and, for him, to live outside of the United States for the first time.
In the last two years he has been putting all his focus into his work and some other obligations on the side (like getting married!). Over time while painting at his studio, he began to take notice of some of the cleaning supplies his “nanny,” Lucre, was using on a day-to-day basis. The colors, patterns, and textures of the supplies began to catch his eye and was greatly intrigued. With the sudden idea of buying art supplies not at the art store but in the cleaning aisles of grocery stores or mini-marts, his work began to take form. He used these everyday objects and began to mix them with some of his biggest inspirations such a Memphis Design, Bauhaus, cartoons, and the constant chase of childhood nostalgia. The brush strokes and collages he uses are all very natural and fun to do, seeing what can get mixed together without creating an entire ugly cluster of random supplies. Most of his process is spontaneous, taking cues from whatever music he might be listening to at the time, the weather, or just any daily new inspirations.
