Through the twists and turns of time, Britt has pursued figure drawing in many forms, from game characters to fine art portraits.

Britt: I grew up in Michigan, the son of a physicist and grandson of a fashion illustrator. As a child to my early twenties I focused more on music and guitar, eventually moving out to Los Angeles with the dream of becoming a session musician. Early in Los Angeles I fell back into art with the thought of pursuing graphic design as a practical career option. Over the period of a year, this transitioned into a love of figure drawing where I met fellow attendees who worked for video game developers or movie companies such as Dreamworks or Disney. Realizing this was a possibility, I developed my figure drawing skill and applied to various game companies, eventually landing a job as the first ever intern at Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, California. While at Blizzard I learned the skills to transition into a full time artist position at SONY which led to a career as an artist in video game development with games such as Warcraft III, Diablo II expansion pack, WALLE, Rockband Greenday, Empire Earth III, DeBlob and many others.

As I worked in game development, I was constantly developing my art skills on the side through classes at night and the weekend. I gradually found my passion for oil painting and pursued that as a weekend warrior, going to landscape painting and figure painting sessions. Seven years after moving to Massachusetts I landed a full time position as a professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where I taught for 7 years. While there I learned it would be to my benefit to get an MFA if I wanted to have a long and stable career in academia. In 2012 I signed on for a two year MFA at Lesley University where I took my painting and drawing training and focused it into learning to make a personal statement.