Brian Fritz

My name is Brian Fritz and I’m an artist, cyclist, singer-songwriter and graphic designer based in Howell, MI (a bit north of Ann Arbor). I’ve been making and selling art since at least 2014, but my earliest memories are of drawing spaceships with magic marker, so I’ve been doing this for as long as I can recall. I specialize in birds and landscapes in acrylic, but I also love working in watercolor, ink, pastel, and block prints. I am inspired by nature and the outdoors, getting outside whenever possible. And color. I LOVE COLOR!

Why all the birds?

It’s a bit of a long story, but the gist of it is that birds mean freedom to me. Their freedom and ability to move when they need to inspired me to break out of an abusive relationship, to recover, to reach out to people, fall in love, and to chase my dreams. If I didn’t have birds as that symbol of hope, I don’t know if I could have made it out and I certainly wouldn’t be where I am today.

In my travels and journeys as an artist, I’ve found that birds speak to other people in very much the same way. They’re an amazing language of symbols and our relationship to birds and the natural world in general fascinates me.