Brian Hatfield is an artist out of Seattle, Washington.
He attended the Art Institute of Seattle, however he considers himself mostly
self taught. He’s most definitely a child of the 80s. Fed on a pop-culture diet
of Star Wars, Voltron and Robotech, he attempts to recapture the simpler times
of his life, playing underneath the coffee table with action figures, Hot
Wheels and various die-cast toys. The main influence in his work comes from 2
toy lines from that time period, Shogun Warriors and GoDaiKin. A child hood
friend of his was lucky enough to have a father who traveled and would bring
him those most amazing toy robots. They were unlike any American toys. They
were large and made of metal with primary colors with shooting missiles and
fists. When he paints, it is in part, to own and play with those toys that were
out of reach.
He states that his painting have no real subtext or deeper meaning
that a sense of play.
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