BRUCE DOCKER . . . . . PAINTINGS: SHADOWS IN THE ALLEY

Monday, October 26, 2009

SHADOWS IN THE ALLEY

Acrylic on wood panel - 5x7" - (C)BruceDocker,2009
$100.00

4 comments:

dominique eichi said...: wow, very dramatic piece for DSFDF; October 26, 2009 11:49 PM
AutumnLeaves said...: I think Dominique used the right word: dramatic. I love your version of this challenge, Bruce. Beautifully done!; October 27, 2009 3:53 AM
Bruce Docker said...: Thanks, the word that came to mind for me was creepy, but I like dramatic better. More sophisticated.; October 27, 2009 7:30 AM
Debbie said...: When I saw this I thought scary (but nice). You picked a good title.; October 28, 2009 2:45 PM

How I am, the way I am.

I come from a long line of artists. My father drew the original series of cigarette smoking woodpeckers used in all traditional tattoo shops today. My maternal grandmother was a professional artist who could paint the highlights of a vase with the devastation of a paper cut to the eye. And of course my grandfather was the infamous paint-by-numbers artist and rumrunner of Kansas City in the 1940’s. I have tried to combine all I learned from them into a cohesively rambling style.

My formal training includes years of study with the Canadian art God, John Nagy, developer of the audacious Learn to Draw Kit. We met every Tuesday afternoon at 3:30.

Believing in total respect for my materials I once used an entire box of Crayola 64’s without breaking a single crayon, I covered my driveway in Scotch tape to protect my sidewalk chalk drawings from the rain, and the linen of my canvas is made only from the wool of free range sheep.

From BLOGCRITICS MAGAZINE:

"Writing about Bruce's art basically means describing the said set of principles, of which there are quite a few. The artist prefers saturated colors, which often transform into very bright, brilliant hues on the one hand and dark, next to black on the other -- a sophisticated manipulation of value. In more concrete terms, many of his pieces contain a sharp contrast of light and shadow. Bruce likes angles and slopes; many of his paintings display a deep perspective -- another feature -- which allows for diagonals that delineate these activities and descents. Brushwork is made visible, producing a disarming informal effect." By Elijah

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SHADOWS IN THE ALLEY

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