Brandon Walls is a painter, printmaker, writer, and filmmaker. He studied literature and film at Boston College and Claremont Graduate University, and filmmaking at UCLA. He wrote and directed the short films “Cumulonimbus” and “The Long Reign of the Spider King” in 2010 and 2014, and was invited to the fifth installment of Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School. A Texas native, he has lived in Southern California since 2005.
Printmaking Statement:
Painting is my primary art practice. However, as is the case for many painters, printmaking plays a crucial role in developing ideas and compositions that may become paintings, but also stands alone as a separate practice that often serves as a refuge when I’m feeling stuck or uninspired with a painting. My prints tend to be more figurative than my paintings and allow me a place to make more direct statements. As such, I’m interested in the role printmaking has played in political and social movements and I am grateful to live in Southern California, which stills feels like a hotbed of past and current printmaking.