A watercolour artist in the traditional style and largely self taught since picking up a brush in 2002. Painting has become a real journey of discovery and the art world is starting to discover him with some notable successes in 2007/2008 & continuing in 2009. “I was fortunate early to see the use of colour in watercolour in the hands of world renowned Australian based artists Robert Wade, Robert Lovett, Greg Allen & Joseph Zbukvic - a very rich heritage to widen your horizons. It simply opened my eyes to what was possible.”
Many years in the South East Queensland construction scene, Bruce has seen the growth that will forever change the land but he insists that a simple beauty is still there. “You just have to look harder”.
Bruce admits there is art in the blood. “My father was a wonderful drawer of characters although he never published professionally. All my family is creative; musicians, dressmakers or artists of some kind. I was a late bloomer and now there is never enough time to paint”.
Bruce has been a local and successful exhibitor through competitions from Hervey Bay North, Murwillumbah South and west to Warwick & Stanthorpe.
His first solo exhibition was held March 2008 at Lovett Gallery, West Burleigh and was a great success. A much larger solo exhibition of some seventy two pieces was hung 24th July 2009 at Watling Galleries, Southport. Ph:61 7 5531 4781. You may be able to access the exhibition online, www.watlingart.com , then look for the artist link to bruce griffiths. The exhibition is displayed on 4 attachments
Bruce's next exhibition will be a group show January 2010 in Yamba, NSW (see exhibitions for more detail). Bruce commenced the website and has works on display in both Highfields(Highfields Framing & Gifts) and Toowoomba(Murrays Art & Framing) and now has Bruce Watling Fine Art Gallery, Southport (61 7 5531 4781) as Gold Coast home to a growing selection of Bruce's artwork.
Says Bruce, ”There is a momentum, a time when all factors fall into place and I am excited about the exposure the galleries and this website will provide and the emotion that I offer the art loving public through my paintings.”
Bruce's base Gold Coast gallery - www.watlingart.com
“Give someone a present that will forever increase in value - give them a painting!”