Bruce, born and educated in Southern California, has been creating his unique brand of kinetic, often robotic in theme or function, sculptures for the last forty years. Inspired by the artists Duchamp, Tinguely, Calder, Police and Quayle, his work has graced the homes of the great and near-great around the world.

 

  Utilizing an oxy-acetylene torch as a painter would use a brush, Bruce welds together sheet steel, rod and surplus metal shapes into improbably precise but nevertheless mechanically sound, functioning kinetic sculptures that force one to alternate between laughter and sober contemplation.

 

Probably the original "steam punk", he is often compared to Rube Goldberg, an illustrator in the last century who is best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complex machines that perform simple tasks in complex and convoluted ways.

 

Bruce enjoys the independence
and freedom of the art show circuit while maintaining a close relationship with a few select galleries. For the last twenty years he has made his home in Amador County preferring the beauty and open space of the Gold Country to the congestion of the city.

 

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