The Site

As the late Ronald Reagan would say, 

         "Well...".

         My name is Glen Brogan, and this site is a place where I display my artwork, sort of an online portfolio if you will. It's also a place for me to post my thoughts, rants, delusions, current projects, and whatever else I can think of. I called it "Albino Raven" way back when to emphasize the differences I saw between myself and what I was taught an artist should be. It's also a place for people to get in touch with me about commissioning my design and illustration services, or to just say hi.

Myself & My Art

.........When you're a kid, you just naturally want to draw and create. As you get older it becomes apparent that some people will retain the creative urge while others will not. The lucky ones who do are deemed "artists" and are prompty crammed into the artist shaped hole. The problem with this is that professional art has its own politics that are not unlike a high school popularity contest: you have to know the right people, show in the right galleries, and hate the right things. Each artist argues that not only do they know the difference between good and bad art, but they also know what should and shouldn't be considered art, period. After a while they're so busy "winning" at art that they've lost touch with that little kid inside that would sit and draw for hours just because it was fun.

To me, fun is what art is about, pure and simple. I do it because I love it.