SHSMO Center for Missouri Studies
605 Elm St.
Columbia, Mo.
Artist and Missouri native Bryan Haynes will speak about his 40+ year career journey from commercial artist in Los Angeles, to becoming a fine artist developing his style that has been termed New Regionalism. “Living in the hills that bump up against the south bank of the Missouri River, and spending time in the oak and hickory forests here, how can one not imagine the people that came before,” writes Haynes. As an artist born in Missouri, Haynes’s sketchbook fills with figures, Osage warriors, the first Europeans, and early settlers. Stories emerge as the drawings develop into finished paintings. Join Haynes as he invites the audience to join him in a visual journey, inspired by those early accounts, first encounters, and legends retold.
About the speaker: Bryan Haynes continues the legacy of early 20th century artists of his home state of Missouri. Described as part of the New Regionalism movement, his paintings sculpt form with light, and invite the viewer to enter his world of storytelling. Sculptural forms, undulating lines, and rhythmic gesture characterize the artist’s landscape and historical paintings, while his commercial work is of a wide-ranging visual vocabulary and has graced the pages of national magazines, international advertising campaigns, CD covers, posters, and book covers. After graduating from the Art Center College of Design in 1983, the artist began his career as a freelance illustrator in Los Angeles.
Some of Haynes many patrons have included the Saturday Evening Post, Disney, Estee Lauder, Warner Bros., Universal Studios, IBM, Nike, Sony Music Corp., and Anheuser Busch. Transitioning to fine art, the artist opened his own gallery in Washington, Missouri. Recent corporate and institutional commissions include murals and large-scale paintings for The Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, The Missouri Botanical Garden, and The Westward Expansion Memorial Museum at the Arch. The U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg selected an original painting by the artist to hang in the embassy to expose visitors to the art of Missouri.