

The lithe and long-haired Boyd will be showing a series of large scale, mostly abstract acrylic paintings along with a series of hybrid figurative works-a mixture of watercolor and acrylic-featuring tasteful female nudes (assuredly willing muses) wrapped in swirling painterly ribbons of floral smoke, along with a set of 13 small-scale (6 x 6”), colorful acrylic “Portals” he primarily executed while on a recent, 18-month tour with his band. My good friend, also a very talented artist and musician, Natalie Bergman from Wild Belle, will be DJing, so there will be good music at the very least.”
“I’m going to do my best to let the art stand on its own legs,” says Boyd, “but I never say never. Don’t hold your breath for Brandon and his boys to break out the hits, however. On Thursday evening, Boyd will host an intimate dinner for the Louisiana-based painter Ashley Longshore. Brandon Boyd, the multi-talented Incubus frontman, whose artistic ( image making) output has run parallel to-if not fully integrated with-his musical offerings for more than two decades, is taking over the Surf Lodge bungalow at The Confidante Miami Beach Hotel for this year’s larger Art Basel circus on December 6 th & 7 th.
