Hello and Welcome...again!!

Greetings fellow humans!! It’s me, and it’s 2023! I’ve arrived here, this day, unlike I’ve arrived at any other time before (just as I’d suspect you have as well) ~ with new inspirations and challenges I’d like to explore as a human, and as an artist. I’ve been wanting ~ aiming at writing here on my blog in a consistent manner for a while now. I guess it’s been easy relying on social media to share my art and process daily or more frequently, but that isn’t so much the case anymore as algorithms have made reaching my followers nearly impossible. Also, my schedule has been stuffed to the gills with deadlines and meetings. I’m coming off of my latest solo exhibition (“Everything I Ever Was” at the beautiful Corey Helford Gallery October 29th -November 5th 2022) and I’ve some new space and time to breathe here for a moment. To ask my Artist Heart what she would like to be curious about.

I have many answers to that question artistically, personally. One big one is writing. To write one must not necessarily have readers~ but I do have this website where I share my visual stories which each have very personal meaning behind them, throughout them. Ever before I’ve been satisfied with just that visual representation, until now. And with this website, I have a BLOG. Perhaps the two can go together ~ (duh!)

I’ll be here, frequently. Language is my second language. My Artist Heart begs me to be curious in my language. To DARE dream in words. Let’s see what happens, shall we? :)

Brandi

Hello, I'm Brandi Milne

Hello there! I thought I might properly introduce myself ~ my name is Brandi Milne and I am a professional visual artist and writer. I’m based in Orange County, CA, and I show my work in galleries within the US as well as internationally.

Brandi Milne by Jessica Louise

I grew up in Anaheim, CA in the late 1970’s/early 80’s - it was a different world back then than we’re experiencing today. My parents were/are honest, good intentioned people, who grew up in the late 1940’s/early 50’s and very much kept to the American traditions of those times in the way they raised myself and my 3 siblings. As a kid my world (our home) informed my art spirit with cartoons and movies on the tv like Looney Tunes’ Bugs Bunny, Disney’s Pinocchio & Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, Jim Hensen’s Muppets, Sid & Marty Kroft - I could go on forever! (maybe I will in another post!) I absorbed these iconic classics and found at an early age that I spoke a truer language in images than in words and felt a powerful connection and desire to explore that. I was obsessed with coloring books and crayons and couldn’t wait to get home from elementary school to get to drawing and coloring!

Scaredy Cat (2019, acrylic on panel0

All these years later, that passion has carved out a 20 plus year career as an artist, for which I am eternally grateful. Sincerely a dream come true - I wouldn’t rather be anything else! My work is my most precious companion as I walk through this life, it has been there for me every step of the way. Art doesn’t judge, it doesn’t criticize - it only asks that I show up authentically and express my truth, whatever form that takes - and I am dedicated to doing just that.

I hope that other’s will find truth and humanness in my work, and maybe a bit of themselves too. As this is the magic of art…

Solo Art Exhibition August 19th!!

Hello new blog!!  Exciting things are happening!!  Over the last 3 years I've been working my fingers to the bone on my upcoming solo exhibition which will open August 19th at the Corey Helford Gallery in downtown Los Angeles.  (EVERYONE'S INVITED!!)  With what little time is left before my show opens, the paintings are getting their final touches in my studio and I'm feeling all these feelings!! I'm BEYOND super excited to unveil these works and share them with the world.  They are truly an outpouring of my soul - they're my loves and my babies, my purest expression of life.

Come celebrate with me Saturday August 19th - it's gonna be an art party you won't want to miss!!  (I can't tell you much without spoiling the surprise, but I can tell you there will be candy and art and fun ~ and much much more!)  As I mentioned, EVERYONE'S INVITED, bring all your favorite folks, I want to see your faces!!!  Show opens 7pm-11pm, and is free to the public.  wooop!!