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RabView
Watercolor
14"x20"
Matted to be framed at
20"x28"
Price: $250
PlitviceColors
Watercolor
29"x21", unmatted
Price:
$400
Quiet Adriatic Rab2
Watercolor
14"x20"
Matted to be framed at
20"x28"
Price:
$250
KrakowKafeKulture2
Watercolor
10"x14", unmatted
Price: $150
Plitvice
Falls 2
Watercolor
sized 14”x21”, unmatted
Price
$200
Prague Across the River
Watercolor
sized 14”x21”, unmatted
Price
$200
Little Mossy Waterfall
Watercolor
30"x22" unmatted
$400
Slovakian Countryside
Watercolor
Size 10"x14",
unmatted
Price $100
In his own words:
I’m fascinated with the way our brains use
clues of shape and texture to figure out what we are seeing. I explore patterns of these clues in my
paintings and sculptures.
I paint primarily in watercolor, ink and pastels
because I have found I can move them around more quickly than oils, and get
more color and texture variation than I can with acrylics. In contrast to most watercolorists, I like
to use hard lines and strong darks in my compositions and I spend a lot of
time working on textures. Since 2004 I
have been using pastels over watercolor to accomplish special effects and
textures.
Seascapes: I grew up spending a lot of time at beaches
in Washington, Oregon
and California.
I like to dive for abalone, build sandcastles and driftwood houses, body surf
and beachcomb. I like to paint the
ways the ocean moves in patterns with rocks, sand and fog.
Landscapes and Floral
paintings: My father loved ornamental
gardening and got one of my sisters and myself deep into it. I enjoy figuring out how the pattern
identification works that enables us to differentiate plants at a
glance. And I love the contrasts in
colors and textures in a well designed garden.
People paintings: We are interested in human shapes and
especially faces, because we are humans and we can’t help it. We are very
good at reading the languages of human gestures. Small changes in eyes, mouths and hands are
interpreted immediately. These are the
effects I’m exploring in my paintings of people.
Sculpture:
I have done paper mache masks for decades and
have been carving stone during 2005.
Stone carving is becoming my consuming passion, probably because I had
a good teacher, Robert Milholland from Little River. Robert teaches in the
traditional Italian method using a hammer, chisels and rasps.
Personal History: I have been painting all
my life, as did my mother and grandmother.
My teachers include my Mom, Bill Kucha, Arne Westerman, Doug Haga, and
Steve Memering. In 2000 I moved to
Gualala and started doing art pretty much full time. I am past President of the North Coast
Artists Guild, President of Gualala Arts, and a member of the Watercolor
Artists of Sonoma County.
--Additional
information is available at:
www.studio-tours.com/site2005/BruceJones.html
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