Brian Cote

Brian Cote has been immersed in a life of art since the day he was born. His earliest memories
are constructed of color and movement orchestrated with crayon and paper. And from the
moment he was introduced to the raw, expressive art of Vincent Van Gogh, he knew that was all he ever wanted to become; an artist.

Brian's propensity for art was immense and he studied obsessively throughout his scholastic
career. He spent thousands of hours dissecting, analyzing and emulating master artists in an
attempt to understand their process and vision. In the early 90s, Brian began teaching as an
Associate Professor of Art but it wasn't until later that decade when he stepped out of the studio and was swept up in an impassioned entanglement with the surrounding landscape.

Cote's canvases are bold, expressive compositions rooted in the earthy truth of reality. His
paintings are directly inspired from life because he feels that the artist and his work are an
extension of that spirit and can only be expressed by immersing oneself into that energy. The
works are thick, luscious tapestries of textures brimming with a sense of light and structure that evoke an emotional response to place and display a unique and contemporary view of the American Southwest.