Every BAPstract begins with a moment – sunlight meeting water, memory meeting time.
Discover the BAPstract story. See how they began, what they express, and why they continue to grow.

BAPstracts introduction slide featuring Brendan Alex Phoenix standing with Stripes artworks, camera gear, and the tagline ‘For those who see with more than their eyes.’
Slide titled ‘Photography is Dead’ with Brendan Alex Phoenix using a tripod camera outdoors and a second image of a camera facing the ocean at sunset, highlighting how BAPstracts challenge photography in a saturated artform.
BAPstract Anatomy diagram showing an abstract striped artwork with three labeled elements: Time — visualizing the 4th dimension in 3D, Ocean — pattern width influenced by tides and wind, and Sunlight — color and intensity.
Slide titled ‘What Are BAPstracts?’ showing photographs of ocean sunsets and waves beside a striped abstract image, with text explaining that BAPstracts are abstract photographs of sunlight reflecting off the ocean where the surf breaks.
Slide titled ‘Intentional Camera Movement’ showing a blurred photo of purple foxgloves beside a sharp version of the same flowers, explaining the creative technique Brendan Alex Phoenix later applied to ocean waves in BAPstracts.
Slide titled ‘The First BAPstracts’ with photos of a camera on tripod facing the Oregon Coast during sunset, showing Brendan Alex Phoenix’s first experiments with intentional camera movement in 2019.
Slide titled ‘Creating a BAPstract’ showing a simple diagram with the sun, ocean waves, and a stick figure with a camera on a cliff, illustrating how sunlight reflects off the ocean and is captured through intentional camera movement.
Slide titled ‘How to Create a BAPstract’ with photo of the sun over the ocean and a red box marking wave breaks, explaining five steps including sunlight, high tide, tripod use, timing before sunset, and camera field of view.
Slide titled ‘From Photograph to Artwork’ showing unedited and edited striped images alongside a finished canvas, explaining that from 500 photos only 1 or 2 become BAPstracts after editing and about 15 hours of work.
Slide titled ‘How Sunlight Affects Color’ showing ocean sunset photos and BAPstract images, explaining how higher sun reduces color separation, while lower sun near the horizon creates richer palettes with blues and purples.
Slide titled The Power of Tides and Winds showing how tides set depth and saturation while winds shape pattern in BAPstracts. Includes a tide chart with moon phase and Hokusai’s Great Wave illustration.
Slide titled ‘BAPstract Meaning: Time’ showing sun and moon graphic beside striped artwork, explaining how solar and lunar time shape BAPstracts and how extending lines express eternity and time without limits.
Slide titled ‘Experience the 4th Dimension’ showing tesseract diagrams, Interstellar film stills, and a BAPstract, explaining how the movie’s tesseract scene connects to time and why BAPstracts metaphorically act as portals into higher dimensions.
Slide titled ‘BAPstract Meaning: Energy’ showing ocean waves and a striped BAPstract, explaining how quick glances reveal patterns, while deeper viewing creates an optical experience vibrating with energy and inviting reflection.
Slide titled ‘BAPstract Meaning: Limits’ showing diagonal and diamond-shaped striped artworks, explaining how BAPstracts defy photography and painting, existing as three-dimensional works that invite new possibilities.
Slide titled ‘Similar Artists’ featuring Tim Bavington and Mark Rothko, highlighting how Bavington’s musical line-based works and Rothko’s emotional color fields parallel the inspiration and depth found in BAPstracts.
Slide titled ‘BAPstract Future?’ showing handmade cards, digital wallpapers, canvas artworks, and a 3D concept model, explaining the evolution of BAPstracts since 2019 and hinting at future possibilities like sculpture.
Slide titled ‘About The Artist’ showing Brendan Alex Phoenix on the Oregon Coast with supporting wave photo, highlighting his journey from teaching in Korea to creating BAPstracts as a self-taught photographic artist.
Slide titled ‘View the BAPstract Store’ with a striped artwork displayed above a dining table, inviting viewers to begin their collection.