Brett Aniballi has had an appreciation for art at a young age but did not acquire a real interest in photography until he took a crazy but memorable family motor-home trip to many of the grand National Parks in the American west. Coming from the flatlands of Illinois it was a trip of unforgettable beauty and excitement. Fortunately his dad equipped him with a Kodak Instamatic camera to record the fleeting scenery in the whirlwind trip. "The natural world is so beautiful and diverse. I love the searching and wandering, looking for any dramatic photo opportunity that presents itself, being aware of the changing light and how it interplays on the landscape, then reacting to it." Br...
Many of Richard’s finished works begin as doodles from his journal.His quirky style is influenced by hours spent at vintage shops and flea markets hunting for mid-century oddities. “I like to get ideas from weird and wonderful junk because it reminds me not to take my work too seriously”. To stay loose and inspired, he also paints large abstract paintings using acrylic paint with collage for the gallery market. He likes to create illustrated &lsquo...
