
Bruce Buchanan
Artist’s Statement
I’m a realist landscape painter. My work focuses on natural and man-made landscapes and often a combination of both. I don’t rush into my work but tend to contemplate a subject for some time, often days, before mixing paint. Sometimes it takes me ages to find the right subject – or at least the right way to interpret it.
Influences
Structure - Industrial and Urban Landscapes
Having been an architect for most of my working life, I am naturally attracted to the structure, form, perspective, scale and detail of buildings.
The combination of man-made structures with natural landscape features in a lot of my work, as do “slices” and details of walls, windows, brickwork and plumbing, where they contribute to a dynamic and memorable image. The way glass reflects the light, the sky and other objects, makes it a compelling materialAwards
Finalist in the Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Prize 2021
Finalist in the Lethbridge Landscape Prize 2021
One of 8 Australian watercolorists selected to exhibit in Fabriano, Italy - Fabriano in Acquerello 2019 and 2020.
2013 Best Watercolour, Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular
2011 Best Watercolour, Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular
2011 Finalist, Kenilworth Art Prize
2010 Finalist, Tattersall’s Club Art Prize
2009 Landscape Prize, Ipswich Art Awards
2008 Finalist, Fleurieu Biennale, South Australia
2008 Best Watercolour, Rotary Riverside Art Spectacular, Brisbane
2006 Acquisition - Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
2006 Acquisition - Ipswich Regional Art Gallery
2006 Finalist, Fleurieu Biennale, South Australia
2006 Best Watercolour, Ipswich Art Awards
2006 People’s Choice Award, Ipswich Art Awards
2005 Acquisition - Ipswich Regional Art Gallery
2005 Best Watercolour, Rotary Riverside Art Spectacular, Brisbane
2005 Best Watercolour, Ipswich Art Awards
2004 Wagstaff Piling National Art Prize ($20,000) Rotary Riverside Art Spectacular , BrisbaneExhibitions
Exhibitions include:
2020 Red Hill Gallery
2018 Red Hill Gallery
2016 Lasting Impressions Gallery, Kenilworth
2015 The Manly Gallery
2014 Lasting Impressions Gallery, Kenilworth
2013 Marks and Gardner Gallery, Tamborine
2012 Lasting Impressions Gallery, Kenilworth
2012 Marks and Gardner Gallery, Tamborine
2010 The Ipswich House – Heritage House portraits by contemporary Queensland artists - group exhibition, Ipswich Art Gallery
2010 Lasting Impressions Gallery, Kenilworth
2009 The Manly Gallery – with artist Pam Walpole
2008 Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2008 Mark and Gardner Gallery, Tamborine
2008 A Brush with Art exhibition, Prairie Hotel, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
2007 Gallipoli Research Foundation group exhibition, Greenslopes Private Hospital, Brisbane
2004 Ipswich Regional Art Gallery
2001 Gallery Newtown
2000 The Manly Gallery
1999 Gallery Newtown
1998 The Manly Gallery
1997 Gallery NewtownWebsite
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