Gull Rock Monhegan, 5x7"
Varied subject matter and location are represented in Frank Bruckmann’s rich oeuvre. With nearly four decades of oil painting: still lifes, figures, landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes, interiors, slice of life and the ordinary but magnificent moments of living are celebrated across Bruckmann's canvasses. Painting figures, portraits and still lifes in his New Haven studio, moving outward to Westville for the Occupational Spirit series, downtown to New Haven for the cityscapes, North to Monhegan Island, Maine, south to Pennsylvania, across the Atlantic to Europe, one could map in overlapping circles the topography of his career. The impact of Bruckmann's work, far from quantifiable, becomes apparent when collectors return, students drop hand-written thank you notes in the mail, an old friend invites him to paint in a foreign location, a new collector reaches out from a word of mouth acquaintance or has come across an unforgotten event postcard. It is all these connections that make an inspired creative life incredible….perhaps even sustainable.
Painting on Monhegan in a snow storm