User:Brian Averill

Born in Eugene, Oregon USA, Sept.1, 1952. Raised in Southern California and several states. Formal creative work since age 5, recognized as an artist in visual, musical and written media/performance in Los Angeles.

Life-long pushing the boundaries in spontaneous works and beyond the accepted constructs in all aspects of life.

Attended schools of art in America and Europe from Childhood (i.e. Museum School of Fine Art, Portland). Trained under Jazz guitar veteran, Martin Lundblade, with classical studies at Portland State University. Voice under Gibner King (NY), et al.

Became a Bahá'í at 19 after travel, meditation and search for ultimate truth and the solutions for world equity and peace.

Showing work in galleries became static, with more focus in music as a singer-songwriter; publishers included the Chappell group; performed solo at venues and festivals from Paris to Stockholm. Produced compositions and albums of diverse genres and themes: singer-songwriter; electro-acoustic soundtrack, etc.; cultural fusions involving Near Eastern mystical chant, Romanian and other themes; commissioned writer...

When relocating to the USA in 1988, a neurological condition struck and work became studio-based in Brussels. Nevertheless, a new level of work appeared: VISUAL ART- integrating ancient Chinese materials with painter/psychologist, Gong Tie Gong (later studied under master in NE China 1994); photography and "painting with light" on early AV computers; MUSIC/SOUND- more exploratory, collaborative; WRITING- lyrical and "free" based on "stream-of-consciousness"... Art historian and critic, Giorgio Agnisola wrote of this period: "The essential aspects of the artistic experience of Brian Averill are, in my view, divided up into two areas. The first is marked by abstract and informal exploration that motivates both his aesthetic and spiritual life. The quintessence of his artistic message, being without reference to the concrete or the figure, finds its source in primordial depths. The second aspect is directly linked to the first and concerns the probable and perceptible confrontation between visual art and music. Averill is also a musician, something reflected in the visual characteristics of his works. Relative to the language of Averill, a triangle can be imagined, its base founded upon music and visual art. At its summit a spiritual tension is both the source and horizon of his expression..."

Interests: Consciousness; this world as a simulation - illusion, metaphor - and dealing with mind-body health and self-development on the higher thought and energetic level. Helping radiates from one's core.

Institutional: B.A. University of Maryland.