A lifelong penchant for the production of new ideas would lead Allan to his life’s passion - Abstract Painting. His curiosity about religion and spirituality would lead him into a seven-year journey of social detachment and quest for personal and spiritual understanding. Living outdoors in Hawaii in tents and caves gave Allan the lifestyle that could sustain his insatiable need for introspection. It was during this period that Allan would design and make his own unique clothing that was conducive during this episode of self-imposed isolation. This would later lead to a position as a bathing suit and bodywear designer. Meditation and Mandala Art would lead him into an obsession with geometric forms and renderings.

The black circle has become Allan’s unique signature which is symbolic of this endless cycle of order and disorder “ Pure non-objective abstraction resides in the realm of the infinite... It does not concern itself with the finite objects most familiar to the dominant left brain.”

Brian Allan is a native Californian who currently resides in Laguna Beach California.