Head Logo-Brian  J. Sullivan

1514 Grandview Drive Suite # 9   •   Champaign, Illinois 61820   •   mrartist2@cs.com

Photography

 

Artist Statement:

I have been taking photographs for over 30 years, both to document my work and to archive interesting images to use in my work. I travel extensively, both in the USA and abroad and as such have ample opportunities for visual stimulation. I am especially partial to old buildings, old signs, old cars, and especially  Americana. I love the beauty of the old, rusted, decrepit, weathered, vandalized  and abandoned, which so accurately reflects our values in a throwaway society, our planned obsolesces.

I am not a believer in the "Good Old Days" as a metaphor for when times were better. I like the maturity of the old and the rich patina of life they have acquired which to me is more beautiful then when they were new. But time is not always on my side, many times I go back to photograph them again, only to find they have come under the wrecking ball to make way for "progress" i.e.: a new subdivision.


Process/Technique:

While I may take hundreds of different shots and angles of the same subject, once I examine them, most are discarded. It is from these select few which I then work digitally to enhance them, alter their color or change their mood

 

Motel Signs

old motel sign in Decatur, Illinois
Cooper Motel
old motel sign in Champaign, Illinois
Jays Ranch Motel
old motel sign in Arkansas
Tuckerman Motel

old motel sign in Decatur, Illinois
Sands Motel
old motel sign in Newman, Illinois
Shady Rest Motel
old motel sign in Newman, Illinois
Shady Rest Motel-sepia

old motel sign in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Skylit Motel
old motel sign in Decatur, Illinois
Soy City Motel
old motel sign in Yorkville, Illinois
Sunset Motel

old motel sign in Florida
Alina
old motel sign in Illinois
Christle Motel
old motel sign in Urbana, Illinois
Courtesy Motel

old motel in Cairo, Illinois
Garden Inn

 

Old Signs

old restaurant sign in Green Bay Wisconsin
Chop Suey
old dancing sign in Des Moines, Iowa
Dancing sign
old restaurant sign in Champaign, Illinois
Dog and Suds

old diner sign in Columbus, Ohio
Goody Boy Diner
old dance hall in Des Moines, Iowa
Val-Air Dancing
old restaurant sign, Illinois
Weitz

 

Theater Marquees

Art theater, Champaign, Illinois
Art Theater
West Bend theater, West Bend, Wisconsin
West Bend Theater
Virginia theater-close, Champaign, Illinois
Virginia Theater

Cinema theater, Urbana, Illinois
Cinema Theater
Drive-in theater, Aurora, Illinois
Drive-in Theater
Drive-in theater, Gibson City, Illinois
Harvest Moon Drive-in

Heart theater, Effingham, Illinois
Heart Theater
Home theater, Rantoul, Illinois
Home Theater
Sheboygan theater-close, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Sheboygan Theater-close

Oaks theater, Columbus, Texas
Oaks Theater
Orpheum theater-sepia, Madison, Wisconsin
Orpheum Theater-sepia
Orpheum theater, Madison, Wisconsin
Orpheum Theater

Paramount theater, Aurora, Illinois
Paramount Theater
Paxton theater-close, Paxton, Illinois
Paxton Theater-close
Paxton theater-pastel, Paxton, Illinois
Paxton Theater

Plaza theater, Atlanta, Georgia
Plaza Theater

Royal theater, Benton, Georgia
Royal Theater
Sheboygan theater-pastel, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Sheboygan Theater
Ticket booth-Paxton theater, Paxton, Illinois
Ticket Booth

Arcada theater, St. Charles, Illinois
Arcarda Theater
Chicago theater, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Theater
Indiana theater, Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana Theater

Fox theater, Atlanta, Georgia
Fox Theater
Gem theater, Cairo, Illinois
Gem Theater

 

Vehicles

Apache pickup
Apache Pickup-sepia
Chevy-60
Chevy-60-sepia
Citroen auto
Citroen-sepia

Mustang-sepia
Mustang-sepia
Indian motorcycle
Indian Motorcycle-sepia
Mach 1 auto
Mach 1-sepia

Old bus-sepia
Old Bus-sepia
Rusty truck
Rusty Truck
Apache pickup-solarized
Apache Pickup-solarized

Dodge-70
Dodge-70
Firebird-68
Firebird
VW bus-solarized
VW bus-solarized

Green Bay train station, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay Train Station
Caboose
Caboose
Indian motorcycle
Indian Motorcycle-solarized

Leather seat-motorcycle
Leather seat-solarized
Camero auto
Camero
Mustang-73
Mustang-73

Belair-solarized-red
Belair-solarized-red
Mustang auto
Mustang-solarized
Chevy-59
Chevy-59

Pontiac Tempest
Pontiac Tempest-solarzied
Porsche-911 auto
Porsche-911-solarized
Porsche-911-solarized
Porsche-solarized-blue

Belair auto
Belair
T-bird-solarized-blue auto
T-bird-solarize-blue
Vette-63-rear auto
Vette-63-rear

Vette-62
Vette-62-solarized

Gas pump
Gas pump
Texaco pump
Texaco pump

 

University of Illinois

Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois
Assembly Hall-sepia
Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois
Assembly Hall-trees
Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois
Assembly Hall-blue

Assembly Hall-solarized, Illinois
Assembly Hall-solarized
Altgeld Hall, Urbana, Illinois
Altgeld Hall-winter
Alma Mater, Urbana, Illinois
Alma Mater-flowers

Alma Mater, Urbana, Illinois
Alma Mater-nice horizontal
Foellinger Hall, Urbana, Illinois
Foellinger Hall-sepia
Foellinger Hall, Urbana, Illinois
Foellinger Hall

Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
Memorial Stadium
Foellinger Hall, Urbana, , Illinois
Foellinger Hall-solarized

Alma Mater-sunset, Urbana, Illinois
Altgeld-sunset
Altgeld Hall, Urbana, Illinois
Altgeld Hall-solarized
Alma Mater, Urbana, Illinois
Alma Mater-clear

Alma Mater-sepia, Urbana, Illinois
Alma Mater-sepia
Alma Mater-sepia, Urbana, Illinois
Alma Mater-sepia-close
Alma Mater, Urbana, Illinois
Alma Mater-close

 

Covered Bridges

Covered Bridge in Indiana called Beeson 1906
Beeson
Covered Bridge in Indiana called Billie Creek 1895
Billie Creek
Covered Bridge in Indiana called Catlin 1907
Catlin

Covered Bridge in Indiana called Crooks 1856
Crooks
Covered Bridge in Indiana called Harry-Evans 1908
Harry Evans
Covered Bridge in Indiana called Leatherwood Station 1899
Leatherwood

Covered Bridge in Indiana called McAllister 1914
McAllister
Covered Bridge in Indiana called Mecca 1873
Mecca
Covered Bridge in Indiana called Nevins 1920
Nevins

Covered Bridge in Indiana called Philips 1909 Philips
Covered Bridge in Indiana called Roseville 1910
Roseville
Covered Bridge in Indiana called Sim-Smith 1883
Sim-Smith

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