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Brian Horton

Welcome to BrianHortonArt!

About Me

I've been a professional artist for 14 years, working in video games, comics, and illustration. I've worked on a bunch of games including Medal of Honor, Clive Barker's Undying, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, Marc Ecko's Getting Up, and I'm currently working on Silent Hill 5 for Konami on X360/PS3. I've worked for Dark Horse Comics and DC comics on a number of titles including, Batman, Star Wars, Buffy, and The Devil's Footprints. I live with my wife Susan and my two kids Victor and Evelyn in Aliso Viejo, CA.

My Interests

Horror (Comics, Video Games, Movies) Making art, Making Games, Directing Movies (someday), enjoying life with the wife and kids.

I'd like to meet:

This site is for anyone that loves art. I'm working on a series of fine art pieces and I'm looking for models. If you're interested, please let me know by sending me an email. Once I have more information on the content of the series I'll post the details.

Music:

Queens of the Stone Age, Fugazi, Monks of Doom, Iron Maiden, Zappa, Ray Charles, Prince, Zoobombs, Tool, Coil, Steriod Maximus, Mr.Bungle, GAM, IMA, Pinellas Anthemonic, Gossamer, Meatwagon, ASSUCK, Bands I've played bass with in the past: Dr. Steel, HotHouse 5, Tesseract, Jigsaw, Crankshaft, Plank, No Comply, TCW, Malefactor, Nemesis

Movies:

Raiders of the Lost Ark, Fight Club, Silence of the Lambs, Empire Strikes Back, Se7en, Aliens, The Two Towers, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vlm. 1 & 2, Unbreakable, The Incredibles, Hellraiser, The Element of Crime, Pi, V for Vendetta, Requiem for a Dream, The Spy Who Loved Me, Lawrence of Arabia, The Devil's Backbone, Cronos

Television:

Deadwood, Entourage, Battlestar, Rome, Prison Break, Lost, Buffy/Angel in it's dayVideo Games: Half Life Series, Metal Gear Series, Resident Evil Series, Silent Hill Series, Prince of Persia series, Condemned, Earthworm Jim, Mario 64, Goldeneye, Tomb Raider 1

Books:

DaVinci Code, Abrat, Books of Blood, Robert McKee's: Story, and a shit load of comics

Heroes:

My wife, Clive Barker, Steven Spielberg, M. Night, David Fincher, Guillermo Del Toro, Brad Bird, Hideo Kojima, Joss Whedon

My Blog

SCARS Germany and Fusion 5

So I have a really exciting trip planned for Feb-March.  First stop is Berlin for the 2008 SCARS Contest Germany sponsored by Strychnin Gallery and MySpace Germany.  I will have th...
Posted by Brian Horton on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:59:00 PST

SCARS @ Fusion 5 Festival in Cannes

Close your eyes and think about this for just a minute:An amazing Palace Design Hotel in Cannes is taken over by the extraordinary artists of Strychnin Gallery for an exciting weekend, a gallery that ...
Posted by Brian Horton on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:42:00 PST

SCARS in Imago zine The Marriage Issue

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m138/Hothouse5/ScarsClip. jpg Imago is a world culture magazine with a focus on alternative fashion, art and music.  I have a two page spread with 4 pa...
Posted by Brian Horton on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:17:00 PST

SCARS in NY, LA, and Berlin

So I've been neglecting my blog long enough, so I'll fold three of my shows into one. In February this year I had my first show was Dark Hearts and Broken Vows at the Strychnin Gallery in New York, it...
Posted by Brian Horton on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:25:00 PST

Berlin show is in two weeks!

The title of the show is They Vs. Them, Kristen Ferrell and I will have full reign of Strychnin Gallery Berlin in two weeks.  The opening is on Friday June 15th 7pm - 11pm.  I'll have 9 new ...
Posted by Brian Horton on Thu, 31 May 2007 08:12:00 PST

www.brianhortonart.com

My new website!  It's a work in progress, pretty simple, but at least I don't have to worry about images being deleted.  Check it out, I'll update it often.  Much love and thanks to my ...
Posted by Brian Horton on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:22:00 PST

SCARS on tour

I have some great news, Strychnin Gallery http://www.strychnin.com/ will be showing two of the paintings from the SCARS series, both of the models are Suicide Girls, Nixon and Roane. The Nixon piece ...
Posted by Brian Horton on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:52:00 PST

Dr. Sketchy session

Dr. Sketchy session I've not been figure drawing for a number of years, so I was pretty excited to go to Dr. Sketchy's session today.  I really wanted to do color, so I brought my laptop ...
Posted by Brian Horton on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:48:00 PST

SCARS: The Process and Goals

I've had a couple of questions asking how I work, so this blog focuses on my process and what I hope to do with SCARS.  Each piece starts with the model, I get a first impression from ...
Posted by Brian Horton on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:56:00 PST

SCARS: The Mission and 10 Questions

SCAR- Pronunciation [skahr] 1. A mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn. Any blemish remaining as a trace of or resulting from injury or use.2. A lasting aftereffect of trouble, esp. a lasting ps...
Posted by Brian Horton on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:10:00 PST