Brian Stillman Drost - Engineer

Professionally, as a project engineer in New York City, Brian’s current efforts are applied to infrastructural transportation improvements for a more efficient, sustainable and effective public transportation system via the city’s comprehensive, yet aging, subway system. Employing engineering and management skills including technical literacy and interpretation, drafting, scheduling, procurement, and communication, the progression of these multi-million dollar public benefit contracts is aided while developing a deeper and more thorough understanding of traction power and electrical systems, business management practice, codes and standards, and effective human skills. Brian is currently an Engineer in Training in the State of New York having successfully completing a Bachelor’s of Engineering Degree Program and the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, with plans to obtain professional licensure upon allowance.

Raised walking distance from a defunct Nuclear Power Plant to the East, and the laboratory of one of history’s most famed and influential minds to the West, it is not a surprise that the inspiration and drive to question, create, a contribute to a brighter future was fostered in Brian’s mind in youth.

Bridge - Architecture

There is an appreciation to be had for the intersection of the technical and the creative; beauty to be found in the implementation of sustainable, ergonomic, and well integrated engineering systems, and an analysis for the expressive, emotional, inspiring, possibly provocative and instigating subject and methods of artistic pursuit. Having been recognized for excellence in art, drafting, architectural drawing, and the sciences, it is apparent that this aforementioned bridge is present.

Brian Stillman Drost - Artist

Passionately, Brian’s artistic endeavors comprise of the intense and inscrutable creative process comprised of impression, interpretation, reflection, expression and communication. Subscribing wholly to the weekend warrior approach, one hardly replicable, the stage of interpretation and reflection occur primarily between the hours of 4:30am to 7am, and 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Monday through Friday, aligned with the daily commute from Long Island’s North Fork, to Long Island City, Queens. Immediately following the return to the studio Friday evening, Brian focuses on the expression facet of this equation. From the hours of 8:00pm on Friday to no earlier than 3:00am Saturday, the primary consideration is processing and executing an effective mode to communicate the stimulus and response of the prior days, weeks, and in a select few cases, years. The odor of turpentine, linseed oil, pigment sticks, and the occasional cold lager or glass of Malbec contort the atmosphere to one of amusement and exploration, experimenting with techniques materially, temporally, and thematically to hone in on that accurate impression, capturing the essence of the stimulus response.