Microdose #1 by Brandon Boyd

Brandon Boyd’s work as a singer and songwriter - both as a solo artist and with his platinum-selling rock band, @incubusofficial - is well documented and universally acclaimed. His other life’s work -- that of a painter -- has been garnering increasing attention and devoted audiences of its own for over a decade.

Brandon has published three books of his visual art: White Fluffy Clouds (2003), From the Murks of the Sultry Abyss (2007), and So the Echo (2013). Among dozens of book signings, group and solo exhibitions, special collaborative projects, and philanthropic arts — Brandon has shown his abstract paintings, prints, and drawings in international cities including Amsterdam, Cape Town, London, Paris, Rome, Zurich and across the U.S. He’s participated in Art Miami and Scope Art Fair, and in 2022 he launched @moonlightartscollective – a space where fellow multi-disciplined artists can have a vehicle to showcase their work.

Boyd was a natural artist from childhood, and in fact his dream to attend art school after college once sat within his grasp, scholarships and all. He ended up signing a record deal instead. Through the next 25 whirlwind years, he never stopped painting and drawing, coming to view the creative processes of musicianship and visual artistry as both complementary and intertwined. “The music is intellectual,” Boyd says. “It tickles and frustrates me; it’s untouchable and fascinating. The art is intuitive, more like just breathing. It’s just a part of me.”