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Breaking Bread: Seven Fishes Print
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From the Urban Dictionary, Breaking Bread : To break bread is to affirm trust, confidence, and comfort with an individual or group of people. Breaking bread has a notation of friendliness and informality, derived from the original meaning; regarding sharing the loaf. There is nothing like sharing a good meal with friends or family. This is my starting point, the narrative of dining. This topic is being used as a vehicle for delving into the qualities of paint by exploring the use of color and various painting techniques. I enjoy utilizing the imagery, focusing on the relationship of one individual to another, the conversations, the food, wine and the candlelight. Combining these elements make a fantastic subject for a painting. I am able to work with not only with the figure, but also still life, interiors, and a theatrical sense of light all in one piece. Once past the narrative, the next layer for me is the application of the paint, the relationship of color and of course the composition. Nothing is left to chance. All the paintings have been worked and then reworked to find just the right image, the right textures. It took a lot of moving, changing, or completely scraping out figures because they didn't fit the composition, adjusting a glass an inch to the left or right, changing a color or value on a wall or table, to pull a piece together, make it more cohesive. The painting is complete when I have created something that might appeal to me if I had come across it in an exhibition; a painting that would have me return to search out subtleties that I might have missed. Seven Fishes is an annual dinner party on Christmas Eve Eve in our friends home. There are seven courses of seafood and fish, in honor of our friend's Italian roots.
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Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:12 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:17.25 W x 13.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
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Frank Bruckmann-artist statement fbruckmann.com In my late 20’s I discovered painting and enrolled at DuCret School of Art in NJ, and the Art Students League in New York City. I found art was an effective and satisfying way to express myself. Oil painting became my primary medium. I spent nearly a decade between France at the Ecole de Beaux Arts, and in Spain, studying the Masters in the great museums. These informative years solidified my intent to become a full time painter. I usually land on a theme for a new body of work because I want the challenge of painting something complex but then I find I am drawn to the subject matter for more significant reasons. In two bodies of work, Occupational Spirit (2009), and Breaking Bread (2015), I am asserting the importance of human contact…of having a relationship to your family, your friends, your community by sharing a meal, or getting your oil changed or your hair cut from the local tradesmen; as opposed to giving your dollars to the box stores, or chain restaurants. Through these bodies of work, I was challenged technically, and generally happy with the painted results, but the byproduct of provoking some conversation around how we choose to live, which was of interest to many, was a great surprise. My evolution as a painter has resulted from painting almost daily, (with phases of sleep-deprived intensity), from observing other artists’ work, and traveling to landscapes that deserve being preserved. During fair weather I follow the sun and paint when the light is just right. Studio work with live models and varied subject matter keep me busy when winter comes to New England, spending many evenings painting through the night. In the quiet of night I enter a flow of creativity, a state of exhilarating productivity. Painting is the way I interact with the world, to explain who I am; as opposed to using speech or written communication, two methods that I find can be very difficult.
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