Brian Hawkes is an artist and musician based in a small rural town in New England. He makes ambient music and abstract paintings.

Under the name meander maps, he creates ambient music using tape loops, field recordings, and simple recording techniques. His paintings are made with acrylic paint, built through layers of accumulation, erosion, and chance.

Brian is interested in quiet sounds, imperfect processes, and the ways texture and repetition can evoke a sense of place and memory.