Brian Condon's first assemblages appeared in a Big Chief tablet as layered doodles of figure and form. He studied old cars, especially the ’39 Ford Deluxe — the way the headlights curved into the fender and the glass held the arc. Then, came his drawings of the gull-winged Vought Corsairs that helped win the war in the Pacific. That eye for structure and design led him to study graphic arts at the University of Florida, where he fell hard for the intricate, layered compositions of Bohemian artist Alphonse Mucha. 

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These interests combined to fuel Condon’s interest in Art Nouveau pottery, Arts and Craft furniture, and industrial salvage. Through more than 20 years of picking antiques and restoring lighting and furniture, Condon amassed hundreds of pieces of wood remnants, old gears, molds, keepsakes, and ephemera that captured his imagination. From the innards of upright pianos and religious statuary to Scrabble tiles and ornate book end pages, Condon assembles new worlds from found objects that provoke intimate stories and conjure memories in the mind of the beholder.

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The founder of Relic Revival Antiques and Old Cars, Condon lives and works in Savannah, where he shares a life with his writer-wife, rescue dog Moses, and an ornery pig named Gus.