Brian D. Morrison

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Brian D. Morrison was born in 1934 as the second son of the Glasgow paint and colour manufacturer Douglas L. Morrison. So an interest in colour mixing came early. He first studied interior design at the Royal College of Arts and Crafts in London, later, foreign languages at the Interpreter’s Institute in Munich (1962-65).

After teaching English in the latter college for some time, he finally became independent as a  translator. A more direct contact with art and design came back in the late seventies when he started to work freelance for several publishing houses in Germany. 

This occupation, involving writing, editorship and translation for art and photography magazines, continued  after moving from Germany  to southern France in 1984.  From 1998 onwards, Brian then progressively found more time for his personal creation.

Understandably inspired by the visual arts throughout this 35-year occupation, a deeper interest in montage/collage, surrealism and graphics developed. In a way, it can be seen as a return to design but, after the turn of the century, the focus shifted more towards abstract art and modern calligraphy. One can still notice, here and there,  a special interest in lettering and the written word within works of art. This  inclination, curiously present in the work of many other artists, has been diversely called “Word into Art”, “The Word as Image”, “Les mots et les images”,  etc.

In addition to experiments into the wonders of capillary attraction, his preferred occupation in the coming year is likely to remain the linear or vectorial watercolors.
Noelle Raymond, Beaux Arts de Paris