Not far from Stratford-Upon-Avon – AP434 This “Streetscape” is of a little cottage in the village of Alcester in the UK county of Warwickshire. It has a history going back to the time of the Roman Empire. Alcester is about 8 km from the home of William Shakespeare , Stratford-Upon-Avon, so its quite likely that […]
Art By Bruce
Oil Paintings, Acrylic Paintings, Pastel Art, Pencil Drawings and Multi Media
Jongensklip Station
On the rail line from Caledon to Protem – Western Cape – South Africa – PD441 Long ago, (around 2011) I used to build dioramas using card, MDF board, clay, dyed sea sand and tubes of glue. It was painstaking work and the disadvantage of the cardboard was that it was far too fragile to […]
That Girl
A portrait in oil pastels – PP442 There is a concept in management called the competency pyramid, I’m sure you know it – It starts off where you are unconsciously incompetent (you don”t even know that you don’t know what you’re doing) and ends at the top of the pyramid (where else) where you are […]
Light
John 8:12 – OP443 This still life is an Oil painting on canvas and measures 297 x 420 mm or 11.5 x 16.5 inches. It was done as an entrant in the “Light” exhibition held by the Volmoed Art Group in Hermanus. For me the source of all light is Jesus Christ, both in a […]
Bloom where you are planted
Yellow flowers in dry stony patch – AP445 For many years we had the priviledge of living on two different farms in the Overberg district of the Western Cape, The first farm is called Morningview and the part of the farm we lived on was known as Montana. It is quite close to Caledon. The […]
SOLD – Chumani
Chumani is a red breasted Jackal Buzzard photographed near Caledon – South Africa – AP410 The soaring, almost majestic Jackal Buzzard is a common bird of prey in the Western Cape of South Africa. They are often seen sweeping over farmland and mountainside as they play in the thermal updraughts or hunt an unsuspecting field […]
SOLD – Old Blue
Two old tractors in a field near Ficksburg – Free State South Africa – AP412 On a drive from Ficksburg to Fouriesburg in the Free State you pass by the Sandstone Estate and Heritage Trust. It This farm is home to a vast collection of working vintage and veteran steam engines, trains, tractors, vehicles and […]
SOLD – Old Car and Windmill
An old 1948 Buick wreck near a windmill in the Free State – South Africa – AP413 This Acrylic painting on a stretched canvas measures 356 x 457 mm or 14 x 18 in. The old wreck of a car is a 1948 Buick and it lies, forlorn and rusting away on a farm somewhere […]
SOLD – Apple and Pear
Fresh fruit from Diepgat Farm near Caledon – South Africa AP415 I have a friend who owns a beautiful farm in the long and equally beautiful Hemel-En-Aarde Valley, which stretches from Hermanus almost to Caledon, in the Western Cape of South Africa. Export Apples and Pears are two of the products farmed here and this […]
Tractor in Norfolk
A “Grey Fergie” – The ubiquitous Harry Ferguson designed workhorse – AP437 This Acrylic painting of a Grey Fergie Tractor is on MDF Board and measures 254 x 356 mm or 10 x 14 inches. There is a funny story attached to this work. The tractor featured in a post on a Facebook Group. I […]