My objective is to create images illustrating our society’s obsession with celebrities, luxury brands and patoriatism. I call this: “my American journey through marketing and pop culture.”
 
If I were to put a label on my work it would be Newsertainment. Inspired by the merger of news and entertainment reporting found in print, online and on TV. My work is an extension of those medias by creating another one. I call this: Newsertainment Home Collection or NHC as it looks nicer on towels.

I incorporate ideas derived from online blogs, political shows and talk radio. I also borrow elements from other works of art: some readily recognizable, others found in thrift stores or yard sales.  I add architectural details, landscapes or advertising images.  I then do a mash-up of these elements, to develop a visual interpretation of what I have either sketched, experienced or imagined.
 
Inspiration

Television: Real Time with Bill Maher, UFC Pay-Per-View, The McLaughlin Group, and TMC (Turner Classic Movies).
Artistic: Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Tansey, George Bellows, Le Corbusier.
Medium: Oil on canvas, allows me to build up layers, textures and glazes. Photomotages which allow me to use images I created or purchased the rights to use.
 
Brian Burchfield is a working artist who lives in Los Angles and is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.