 "I
think of my work as naturalist abstraction. All the spaces
in my work are outdoor spaces -- recently urban spaces --
which invoke real or imagined landscapes. Improvisation
is an important part of my work process; the spontaneous
assembly of vital elements that so characterizes artists
and jazz musicians inspires my approach.
Over
the years, I have fallen in love with so many materials
and methods that now it feels completely natural to mix
media and techniques. In this recent work, I continue to
extend these cross-media techniques while dealing more realistically
with the subject." |
Katharine
Bruce's art conveys emotion by communicating the inner essence
of her subjects through colour, texture, and line. While
she is steeped in the discipline of finely-honed technique,
Katharine is also personally committed to spiritual growth,
and one admirer describes her art as the ability to structure
soul for the viewer to experience.
 Katharine's
work resonates with viewers. Recently, many have enjoyed
watching her creative process at The Riverview Health Centre,
where Manitoba Artists in Health Care has invited her to
work in a public studio space to inspire patients, visitors
and staff.
Katharine is known for breathtaking cityscapes and landscapes
-- of New York City, where she was born and lived again
as an adult, and of historic Winnipeg and the prairies,
where she spent her formative years.  Early
exposure to art through her father, the painter Robert Bruce,
led to her earning a fine arts degree at the University
of Manitoba. Katharine then worked as a potter in Seattle,
and as an art instructor and activities director at the
Tenacre Foundation in Princeton, N.J. She studied painting
and sculpture at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts,
before becoming immersed in the art of making paper by hand.
She has taught and shown extensively in New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and New York.
In the decade Katharine has been
back in Winnipeg, she has mounted solo and group exhibitions
of her paintings and drawings. Venues include Piano Nobile
(Centennial Concert Hall), Main Access Gallery, and <SITE>
Gallery (55 Arthur St), where she is a member artist. Her
work hangs internationally in many private collections.
Her evocative Princess Street Reflective, an 11' by 4' drawing/collage,
can be viewed in The Council Building of Winnipeg City Hall.
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