James
W. Bruce
Artist Biography
"East Glacier
Sunset",
oil on linen
20" x 20" $3500 |
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"Dreams of Bygone Glories",
oil
24" x 20" SOLD
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"Two
Worlds", oil
11" x 14" SOLD |
"The Last Samurai",
oil
20" x
20"
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"Antiquities",
oil
24" x 18" SOLD |
"The
Retainer", oil on linen
18" x 24" SOLD |
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"Procession
from the Oratorio", oil on linen
14" x 18" SOLD |
Artist Biography
Jim Bruce
has painted most of his 65 years. He started art lessons
in Ardmore, Oklahoma when he fourteen, studying with
Faye Burnett Baker, a prominent local artist. But the
real love for art started a year or so later when he
took a summer workshop from noted Oklahoma artist, Richard
V. Goetz. Becoming a lifelong friend and mentor, Goetz
instilled in Jim a love for still life painting and
color. "Dick taught me basically how to see-how
to see color and the beauty of putting objects together
in harmony and design to create the overall mood I wanted
to achieve. The focus on 'painting what you see' which
Dick engendered has always set the creative tone for
me."
Art became the means for "nourishing
the soul" and banking became the life work. With
a focus on developing his own style, Jim has also
studied with a number of nationally recognized artists
besides Goetz, including Henry Hensche, Kevin Macpherson,
Scott Christensen, David Leffel, Sherrie McGraw, John
Budicin, Marlin Linville and George Stirkland.
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