Brad Teare

Brad Teare (born 1956) is an American artist and illustrator. He has worked in woodcuts and as a Western landscape artist in oils.

Early life and education Teare was born in Moscow, Idaho, While in high school, he was the drummer in a rock band. In summer 1975, he moved to forested land owned by his brother in northern Idaho, where he built a cabin with a friend, then helped construct the Pacific Crest Trail in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area in Washington.

Career He worked in cartoon animation and moved to New York City, where he freelanced as an illustrator for The New York Times and provided the art for several book covers for Random House. In 1992, he created a comic book, Cypher, which was serialized in Heavy Metal and published in 1997 as a graphic novel. A spin-off comic, The Subterranean, appeared online in 2013.

Teare used scratchboard for The Subterranean In 2006, two of his works, Color of the Land won awards from the Deseret Morning News. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Maynard Dixon residence in 2004 and at Christopher Forbes' Trinchera Ranch in 2006, at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. and illustrations for The Friend, children's magazine of the LDS Church, and posts instructional videos on his YouTube channel.

Personal life Teare was married to trompe-l'œil artist Debra Teare, who died in 2018, and has a daughter.