Gene Brill is a poet and an artist. Gander at some of his art.
Quetzalcoat
R fouke dyed
Diogenes and Chrysler
Flower & Butterfly
Organic Abstract
Girl & Flowers #4a
Illustration Coffee House and Harleyabout the artist-poet:
Gene Brill
The Bike & Me – Gene Brillbio:
I was born on March 4th, so I did. I’ve been marching forth since 1944. My proudest accomplishments have been being a good husband and father to my wife and son, husband to the former for 44 years, father to the latter for 42 years. I was born in Missouri and lived sometimes there sometimes in California until 2006 when I moved to Littleton, Colorado.
I studied art in college at Fullerton, Ca. I soon realized it was EXTREMELY unlikely that I’d be able to earn a living at it, so I took up poetry. And did other things to make a living. Railroad freight inspector, R&D tech in the microchip industry, coffee house owner, poetry mag publisher, CrossFit instructor. The usual. The coffeehouse and poetry mag didn’t turn out to be contributors to my earning a living but were fun. I’ve had a few poems published (no money), a couple of plays produced locally (a little money), have sold a number of paintings (not as much as they were worth to me, so I stopped selling paintings)and have sold a few hundred little faces carved in avocado pits (ridiculous but profitable). Naturally any fame I’ve had (on tv twice, was hired to do a likeness of Stacy Keach in avocado pit)has come from the gimmick. I stopped selling the PitHeads c. when they all started looking the same.
When I wear a fullface motorcycle helmet I look as young as anyone and when I ride I feel as young as anyone (and sometimes do stupid things as if I were young). As the saying goes “you don’t stop riding because you get old. You get old because you stop riding”.
Because I’m very vain, scared of being old and sick, and my son owns a CrossFit gym (he is also a police officer), I’ve taken up fitness as a semi-profession and have become a certified CrossFit instructor. I have a website fitnessforclassics.com. “Classics” are people over 50. We’re classic, we’re not just old.
Stephen Page (eudaimonia)
Ability to do different and unrelated stuff admirable versatility
Yes. He is multi-talented.
I agree with Carl, there’s a broad range of styles in this work. And I love his use of color. Terrific stuff!
Yes, he’s a talented artist.