Bruce Morrow
Artist’s Statement
Painting is my first love. Strong color is very prominent in my work and very important to me in expressing that outdoors feeling. I came to printing later after taking work shops and classes here in the north west and I really relate to it, the process, the multiples, the problem solving make it something I really love.
My two dimensional works usually involve a western theme in someway or another, like a western landscape or possibly a figurative piece with a cowboy or at least a western hat thrown in somewhere. I’ve noticed another influence from my other profession, carpentry; most of my images include some kind of reference to architecture or buildings.
I think this fascination with things western comes from several sources, my childhood; watching Westerns movies and Westerns on TV, and my young adulthood, when I lived in Verlarde, New Mexico for a couple of years. This is where I really fell in love with the wide-open spaces of what we think of as western landscapes. And then, there are my extensive travels in the western United States, where I have studied the hills and the roads and the people.
I like nothing better than to embark on a road trip with camera and sketch pad, snapping and sketching as the scenes role by (usually my wife is driving during these sessions) and then returning to the studio to view and review and record the trip.
Bio
Los Angeles, California – 1948
Resume
Education
California Institute of the Arts (Chounards)1966 – 1970 B.F.A.
San Diego State University 1971 Graduate Work
Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle Wa. 1990 – 1993 Print Classes
Studied with master printer Richard Stauffacker at Island Arts International.
Collections
University of Washington, Special Collections Library, Seattle Wa.
Collection of Ted Weight, Seattle Wa.
Exhibitions
2011 Brackenwood Gallery “A Family Affair” Langley, WA
2010 Museo Gallery Circus show Langley WA
2009 Brackenwood Gallery “Reflections” Langley WA
2009 Open Door Gallery Family show Langley WA
2007 Frogwell print invitional Freeland WA.
2007 Karlson/Gray Galleryone man show Langley WA.
2006 Frogwell print invitational Freeland WA
2005 Museo “Cribbs Family Show Langley WA
2005 Frogwell print invitational Freeland WA Group show
2004 Gaskill / Olsen Two Person Show Langley WA
2004 Frogwell Print invitational Freeland WA Group Show
2002 Victoria Boyce “Fancies” Tucson AZ Solo Exhibition
2000 Victoria Boyce; “The Igmigmatic West “ Solo Exhibition
2000 Atier 31; Two Person Show, Kirkland , WA
2000 Bayview Gallery “Shelf Life “ group show Langley WA
2000 Gaskill Olson “Winter White Show” group show Langley WA
2000 P D Lead Gallery “Out Door Show” Seattle WA
1999 Atelier 31; “ Millennium Show” Kirkland, WA
1999 P D Lead Gallery; Angles Show Seattle WA
1999 Atelier 31 “Vessels Show” Kirkland, WA
1999 Childers Proctor Gallery; Western Show, Langley, WA
1999 Atelier 31 “Characters and Cowboys” Two person show; Kirkland Wa.
1998 Childers Proctor Gallery; Block prints show; Langley, Wa
1997 Wessel & Lieberman; Recent Prints; Seattle Wa.
1997 Childers Proctor Gallery; Two Person Show; Langley, Wa
1997 Summer Song Gallery; “This is not a Book” Seattle, Wa.
1997 Childers Proctor Gallery; “To Crow About” Group Show; Langley, Wa.
1996 Childers Proctor Gallery; Editions: Mono prints & Multiples; Langley, Wa.
1996 Bayview Corner Gallery; Portraits Show; Langley, Wa.
1996 Bayview Corner Gallery; Erotic Art Show; Langley, Wa
1995 Childers Proctor Gallery; “Holiday Collection” Langley, Wa.
1995 Smith & Co. Gallery; “Garden Dressing” art for the garden; Everett, Wa.
1995 Childers Proctor Gallery; “Works on Paper” Langley, Wa.
1994 The Collection Gallery; Two Person Show; Seattle, Wa.
1994 Choochokum Arts Festival; Juried Show; Langley Wa.
1994 Island Arts Council: “Crosses Show Invitational” Langley, Wa.
1993 Museo Piccolo Gallery; Group Show; Langley, Wa.
1992 The Collection Gallery; One Man Show; Seattle, Wa.
Represented by
Brackenwood Gallery
302 First Street
Langley, WA 98260