This collection is an ongoing project exploring the PAINTED OBJECT. It began with the sensation of looking at an object and painting it simultaneously on the canvas. The simultaneity and intimacy of looking and painting caused a sensation that I was painting the actual thing. I then experimented with painting upon the thing and
I was struck by the puzzle, that while I painted a representation of the thing upon the thing, it remained the thing. I continue to play in this poetic loop, returning to it, as I do with all of my projects over the years.
Fire Pit Oil and charcoal on found rocks. Gotland, Sweden, 2015 Brucebo Collection
Painted Stick Oil on found stick. Gotland, Sweden 2015
Some Creep Found wood, cloth, beer cans and salvaged coyote fur. 2019
Memento Mori (Self Portrait) Oil on plastic skull Life size. 2015
Paint the Night Sky Plaster of Paris, found twig, oil paint
Painted sticks Vermont Studio Centre 2019
Landscape Theory Oil and mixed media on book. 2022
Isolation View Oil on paper mounted on cradled panel 28x22 inches. 2020
Self portrait landscapes Oil and mixed media on t-shirts. 2016-2021
Sasquatch Head Oil on carved wood, salvaged Wolverine fur. 12x8x9 inches. Yukon Territory, 2016
Camp Fire Charcoal on sticks, milk crates. Dimensions variable 2014
Painted stick Oil on found stick. 13x8 inches. 2018
Dry Pillow Oil and mixed media on a pillow on a tree stalk and concrete 78 inches high. 2015
Nature Boy Oil and mixed media on a t-shirt on hanger 2022
Aquarius Oil, found sticks and silver leaf on a t-shirt with hanger. 2018
Blue Lungs Oil and mixed media on a t-shirt with hanger. 2020
Still Life Taxidermy Crow (found), oil and mixed media on a t-shirt. 2018
Cyclops Oil and mixed media on a t-shirt with hanger with shovel head. 2019.