Henry Bruns
b. 1929; Minnesota ∙ CE artist from 1987 -
Henry Bruns likes to work with acrylic, oil pastel, pen, watercolor, and soft pastel. Bruns’ figurative work is usually layered over abstract, patterned backgrounds. With delicate subtlety and lyrical line, Bruns depicts human figures, plants, and landscapes. Recently the figures in his work have disappeared, leaving a methodical, striated abstract patterning where the deliberation and pauses of his line are registered in a cool, controlled palette. He usually works in two-dimensional media, acrylic, watercolor, oil pastel, and pen, to create medium or large-scale artwork.
According to Bruns, he gets inspiration for his art from reading and walking in San Francisco. He loves to go downtown on the weekends and enjoys sharing tales of his weekend adventures with his fellow artists.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2016
Ripe, Creativity Explored Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
Tree of Life, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2014
A Curious Menagerie, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2013
For the Birds, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2012
Out of Order, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
I have never really taken the time to look, Accident and Artifact, San Francisco, CA
2011
SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
: / - Mark : / - Mark : / - Mark : / -, Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
Black and White and Read All Over, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2008
INsects INsectos, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2007
Seeing Memory, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2006
Drawing the Line, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2003
Lit, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA