Bruce Campbell
Sculptural Artworks on the Revitalized Bones of Civilization
www.brucecampbellart.com
Through various combinations of welding, painting, carving, and engraving on found objects, Bruce Campbell combines painting and sculpture to impart an archetypal, ancient quality and a mystic energy to salvaged iron, steel, wood and stone. The unique shapes and surface patinas, sculpted by time and weather, become an integral part of his imagery. Most of his materials come from old farms, where he enjoys exploring over-grown fields and crumbling barns and meeting the farmers.
Originally from Indiana, Bruce Campbell moved to Boulder in 1981 and spent the 80’s as a commercial artist. Among other things, he art-directed the Boulder Theater and illustrated a children’s book for the Denver Art Museum. In 1990, he moved to an idled farm near Longmont. Since that time he has been exclusively devoted to the creation of artwork utilizing salvaged materials. His work has been sold through galleries across the country and is in private collections worldwide. Increasingly Campbell is producing public art. In 2010 a freestanding sculpture utilizing salvaged staircase rails was installed at the University of Colorado in Boulder. This project was featured in the July, 2008 issue of Southwest Art Magazine. Additionally, Campbell's work is being featured as public installations in the towns of Lyons and Lafayette, CO. He has designed a stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, leased artwork to the Fox Television Network, and is known in Boulder as the creator of the
sculpture in front of the Exeter Building. He also has artwork in the Boulder Pharmica Integrative Pharmacies.
In 2010 Campbell joined the Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery, where he creates his art in front of the store. His work can be found at the Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery, www.brucecampbellart.com, or by visiting him at his studio.