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Paintings For Sale
Artist: Bruce Adams
Artist: Walter Darby Bannard
Liberty Garden
Located in Newport Beach, CA
“Liberty Garden”, a large resin on canvas. Dated 1972 and signed on verso by Walter Darby Bannard (1934-2016), an American artist. Can be hung horizontally or vertically. Bannard ...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Resin

Honshu acrylic on canvas by Walter Darby Bannard
Located in Hudson, NY
Gorgeous example of Walter Darby Bannard's use of acrylic mediums which came out in the 1970s. It is richly colored example of his work from that period. An American abstract painter...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hummock
Located in Lawrence, NY
Ex collection Carolyn Dunlap Millet Exhibited: Knoedler and Co, NY; Tibor de Nagy, Houston; Berry Campbell, NY Walter Darby Bannard was a leading prop...
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1970s Color-Field Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Oil Painting / Abstract versus Figurative Art / Figurative Art / Human Figure /
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
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1980s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
Category

1990s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Acrylic Painting / Portrait / Figurative/ Museum/ Abstract/ Contemporary
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State ...
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Early 2000s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
Category

1980s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
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Early 2000s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
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Early 2000s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil painting / Portrait / Figurative/ Museum/ Interior/ Expressive/ Text
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
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Early 2000s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled 021 (Cocktail dyptych)
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State ...
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil painting / Portrait / Figurative/ Museum/ Interior/ Expressive/ Text
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State ...
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State ...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting /Portrait/ Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Acrylic Painting / Portrait / Figurative/ Museum/ Abstract/ Contemporary
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Acrylic Painting / Portrait / Figurative/ Museum/ Abstract/ Contemporary
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Acrylic Painting / Portrait / Figurative/ Museum/ Abstract/ Contemporary
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is included in numerous private and museum collections, among them the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, and the UB Anderson Gallery (all of which are located in Western New York...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Acrylic Painting / Portrait / Figurative/ Museum/ Abstract/ Contemporary
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Research & Development Figural 1 & 2
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of paintings by American contemporary artist Bruce Adams. Art is the R&D for culture. Artists Conduct the R&D for society. In the late twentieth century painting was rejec...
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1990s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

A Pair of paintings Rituals 1 and Rituals 2
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of original mixed media paintings by American contemporary artist Bruce Adams from the artist's technology series. "Sometime around 1981 I was at my mother-in-law’s house r...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media, Paper, Spray Paint

Research & Development Figural 3 & 4
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of paintings in one singular frame presentation by American contemporary artist Bruce Adams Art is the R&D for culture. Artists Conduct the R&D for society. In the late tw...
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1990s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Contemporary Hyperrealist Large Portrait Film Noir Strip Film Still Black White
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original painting by American contemporary conceptual painter Bruce Adams from the artist's new Untitled series. The “Untitled,” series draws from a variety of visual and histori...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Contemporary Surrealist Hyperrealist Large Figures Super Hero Wonder Woman Women
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original painting by American contemporary conceptual painter Bruce Adams from the artist's new Untitled series. The “Untitled,” series draws from a variety of visual and histori...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Contemporary Hyperrealist Large Portrait Film Noir Strip Film Still Black White
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original painting by American contemporary conceptual painter Bruce Adams from the artist's new Untitled series. The “Untitled,” series draws from a variety of visual and histori...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Doll Atrocities (Girl Parts and Boy Parts)
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of mixed media paintings by American artist Bruce Adams. The frames were also painting by the artist and are meant to compliment the works and concept of the piece. Bruce ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Wood, Archival Ink, Oil

Untitled 030 (Hammer and Iron)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original diptych painting by American contemporary conceptual painter Bruce Adams from the artist's Untitled series. Each work measure 24" x 24' and comes framed in a silver meta...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled 37 (Gun Sequence)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on wood painting by contemporary American artist Bruce Adams. This work is currently being featured in the exhibition "The Dreamer Who Dreams" and is designed to rai...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Untitled 22 (Lipstick Diptych)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original diptych painting by American contemporary conceptual painter Bruce Adams from the artist's Untitled series. The “Untitled,” series draws from a variety of visual and his...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

It
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood

Untitled 21 (Cocktail Diptych)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original diptych painting by American contemporary conceptual painter Bruce Adams from the artist's Untitled series. The “Untitled,” series draws from a variety of visual and his...
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2010s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diana and the Stag
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled 38 (Desert Sequence)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on wood painting by contemporary American artist Bruce Adams. This work was part of a recent pop up exhibition The Dreamer Who Dreams, which was curated to raise mon...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Narcissus with Venus Effect
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sampson and Dahlia
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the layers of meaning inherent in making and viewing art. Artist Statement: Though we don’t generally think about it, thirteenth-century religious art actually reflects medieval European perceptions of events that occurred in the ancient Middle East. In the Divine Beauty project I filter sacred iconography through the secular lens of today’s societal perceptions by placing found commercial fashion imagery (from magazines and other sources) in the context of painted religious narratives, producing a clash of ideas that throw both sources into question. Like many Western New Yorkers, I was raised Catholic. I attended a Catholic elementary school, went to church every day. While the indoctrination didn’t last beyond childhood, it did instill a lifelong affinity for the visual traditions of sacred art. But, as the recent economic meltdown has made apparent, conspicuous global consumption has replaced western religion today as the favored path to personal fulfillment. Fashion models serve as the new icons...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

China Psalm
Located in Kensington, MD
Walter Darby Bannard (American 1934-2016) "China Psalm" 1975 Acrylic on Canvas Signed & Dated Verso 70" x 43" inches framed 69" x 42" inches unframed A leading figure in the devel...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled 012 (Snow)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original contemporary painting by American artist Bruce Adams.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fish and Bicycles # 12
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on paper by contemporary artist Bruce Adams from his Fish and Bicycles series. This work is currently part of an exhibition at Benjaman Gallery "Over the Fence". This piece comes framed in an archival natural wood frame presentation. The Fish and Bicycle series employs a similar strategy as my Men at Work series. This time the subject matter includes both men and women (exhibited in pairs) representing a range of gender identities. The title is derived from Irina Dunn’s witty statement (often erroneously attributed to Gloria Steinem...
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1980s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

Eros and Psyche in L.A.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Venus at her Mirror
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Barbara
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Black 002
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas work by Bruce Adams. This piece is from the artist's black on black series which uses one single color of black paint with different textures and mediums t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nemesis
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams often references historical painting themes and styles in order to throw into relief western tropes in figurative art. Here as part of the artist's series Myths and Lies,...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Ampulla Veneration
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the layers of meaning inherent in making and viewing art. Artist Statement: Though we don’t generally think about it, thirteenth-century religious art actually reflects medieval European perceptions of events that occurred in the ancient Middle East. In the Divine Beauty project I filter sacred iconography through the secular lens of today’s societal perceptions by placing found commercial fashion imagery (from magazines and other sources) in the context of painted religious narratives, producing a clash of ideas that throw both sources into question. Like many Western New Yorkers, I was raised Catholic. I attended a Catholic elementary school, went to church every day. While the indoctrination didn’t last beyond childhood, it did instill a lifelong affinity for the visual traditions of sacred art. But, as the recent economic meltdown has made apparent, conspicuous global consumption has replaced western religion today as the favored path to personal fulfillment. Fashion models serve as the new icons...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Picture of People Sitting Before Painting - National Gallery, Washington DC
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Self is a Construction
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood

Simulate Direct Experience with Freeing Marks
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood

Justice
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman on Couch with Boy
Located in Buffalo, NY
With this series I continue my practice of alluding to historical painting styles and themes as a means of prompting various contextual associations. I began by referencing portrait ...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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