Brett Weaver Studio

Brett Weaver (b. 1973) is a nationally recognized artist who focuses on preserving impressions of the natural landscape as it is rapidly diminishing.  After being professionally trained as an Engineer, in his late twenties Weaver left his secure career for a more fulfilling life as an artist. He now travels extensively nationally and internationally, painting on location and completing studies to feed his studio work in Sewanee, Tennessee near where he grew up.
Weaver paints in a very bold and honest representational style, hoping to convince but still leave something to the imagination. He primarily works from life or studies that were completed on location. His work is more about capturing the emotion or feeling of a place or idea rather than painting a pretty picture, hoping to produce art that means something and people can live with, rather than gimmicks or trends.  Weaver’s artistic training was received through workshops with artists including T Allen Lawson, George Strickland, and Scott Christiansen. Weaver’s growth as an artist, he feels is mainly a result of honest self- evaluation of his work, studying paintings of the early American impressionist, and discussing art and painting with his contemporaries.  His earlier formal training as a civil engineer has also given him a more complete understanding of composition through mathematical principals of force and balance. Significant influences in his work include Edgar Payne, John Carlson, John Twachtman, George Inness, and Emille Gruppe among so many others.

Weavers achievements in recent years including the Second Place award at the 11th Annual Carmel Arts Festival, selection among ’21 under 31’ emerging artist in the September 2004 Issue of Southwest Art Magazine, Plein Air Magazine’s Award of Excellence at the Spring 2005 PAP-SE show, and Raymar Award of Excellence at the Fall 2005 PAP-SE Show.

Weavers work is included in the Tennessee State Museum and numerous private collections throughout the nation.  Weaver is an artist member of PAP-SE (Plein Air Painters of the Southeast) and RMPAP (Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters).