Brian Serway
JOHNSON CITY, TN
Brian Serway uses watercolor and graphite to illustrate monochromatic fantasies inspired by the mystery, mysticism, and folklore of the Appalachian mountains. With stylistic details practically carved into (or out of) the negative space, his drawings traverse the page with momentous shifts of darkness and scale in relatively small and contained compositions.
Brian Serway is based in Johnson City, Tennessee and is primarily self taught. He is the owner and curator of HollerHouse, a gallery and retail space in Bristol, VA that is dedicated to the art and artists of Appalachia. Serway began showing with Arch Enemy Arts in 2020 after submitting to our Spotlight Showcase, his work has appeared in nearly twenty group exhibitions to-date, and he celebrated his third solo feature with the gallery in January 2025.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
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"Wax & Wane" (January 2023)
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“Hauntology” (September 2020)
PRESS:
Catalog of works.
Below is a list of all works from solo and group exhibitions. Any pieces marked with a red dot have been sold. Payment plans are available.
GARGOYLE "Sentry of Haunted Guilt" 2024 watercolor, graphite on board 7" x 10" framed to 11" x 14" $999 USD
"Currents of the Universal Being" (2024) pencil, 24kt gold leaf 9" x 12" framed to 15" x 19" $1100 USD
"Riches / Rot" (2023) graphite on black board infused w/ gold leaf 14" x 16" framed $500 USD
"My Friends Are My Armor" (2022) water soluble graphite, 24kt gold leaf 6" x 7" framed to 8" x 10" $350 USD
"Cut Joint Sinews & Divided Reincarnation" (2017) graphite, watercolor 6" x 8" framed to 11" x 14" $700 USD
"Unkindle" (2020) graphite, watercolor 5" x 7" framed to 11" x 14" $350 USD
"Never Were The Was You Was" (2020) graphite, watercolor 8" x 10" framed to 11" x 14" $600 USD
"This Side of the Solstice" 2024 watercolor, graphite, 24kt gold leaf 6" x 6" framed to 8" x 8" $288 USD
"Holler Down" (2023) graphite on black board infused w/ silver leaf 14" x 16" $500 USD
"Wandering Flame" 2024 Graphite, colored pencil, watercolor 9” x 12” framed to 13.25” x 18.25” $1,100 USD
"Pilfer Ethos" (2022) water soluble graphite on board 6" x 8" framed to 8" x 10" $600 USD
"Mothlune" (2023) water soluble graphite on board 9" x 12" framed to 14" x 18" $700 USD
"Foraging Time" (2022) graphite 5" x 5" framed to 9" x 9" $185 USD
"Moonflow" (2023) graphite on black board infused w/ silver leaf 14" x 16" framed $500 USD
"Frailty" (2023) graphite on black board infused w/ gold leaf 12.5" x 15.5" framed $500 USD
"Father Owl" (2023) graphite on black board infused w/ silver leaf 11" x 11" framed $450 USD
"The Forager" (2023) graphite on black board infused w/ gold leaf 11.5" x 15" $700 USD
"You Hung The Moon" (2023) graphite on black board infused w/ gold leaf 11" x 13" framed $600 USD
"Kindling" (2021) graphite & watercolor on black board 7" x 12" framed to 9" x 14" $500 USD
"Putrefy" (2021) graphite & watercolor on black board 5" x 9" framed to 7" x 11" $375 USD
"Thief" (2022) watercolor, water soluble graphite 6" x 6" framed to 7" x 7" $280 USD
"Cinder Soul" (2022) watercolor, water soluble graphite 6" x 6" framed to 7" x 7" $280 USD
"Limbkin" (2021) colored pencil, graphite 5" x 7" framed to 6" x 8" $180 USD
"Waxing Poetic" (2021) colored pencil 14" x 17" framed $500 USD
"Let’s Cuttle" (2021) mixed media on black paper 8" x 8" in 14 x 14” frame $650 USD
"Aqua Alchimiae" (2022) graphite on blackened board, infused with 24k gold leaf 5" x 7" framed to 8" x 10" $400 USD
"Mining The Prairie" (2021) graphite infused with 24k gold leaf on blackened board 9" x 12" framed to 12" x 16" $650 USD
"Little Wing" (2020) watercolor 6" x 8" framed to 9" x 12" $250 USD
"Myth, Undying" (2019) watercolor, pencil, 24kt gold leaf on blackened board 8 x 10" $600 USD
"Ward Maternal" (2019) graphite, watercolor 6" x 8" framed to 9" x 11" $450 USD
"Wayward" (2020) graphite, watercolor 8" x 10" framed to 11" x 14" $600 USD
"We Wither into Pale Embers" (2020) graphite, watercolor, infused with red leaf 8" x 10" framed to 11" x 14" $700 USD
"Flashburnr" (2019) graphite, watercolor 6" x 8" framed to 9" x 11" $450 USD
"Ghost Me Harder" (2020) graphite 5" x 7" framed to 8" x 10" $300 USD
"Vapor In Light" (2020) graphite, watercolor 5" x 7" framed to 8" x 10" $200 USD
"Farewell" graphite, watercolor 5" x 7" framed to 8" x 10" $150 USD