Bruce Ritchie Fine Art

Bruce Ritchie

Bright's Grove, ON - Canada

Bruce's body of work has encompassed oil and acrylic painting; digital, 35mm and large format still photography; computer imaging; video; sublimation dye imaging on metals, fabric and other materials; sculpture in soapstone, serpentine, metal and wood; jewellery design. He has pioneered new imaging technologies and continues to be an innovator.

A life-long naturalist, Bruce grew up in Ottawa, constantly involved in the National Museum of Canada and in Scouting. His graphic and photographic images have been published since 1959 when he was a student member of an archaeological expedition to the Yukon Territory.

He has been a new technologies based entrepreneur for most of his career, including owning a graphics company providing full colour dye sublimation imaging on brass and other media. His clients include individuals and major corporations. With the availability of the personal computer, he entered the software development field.

In 2007 he led the Great FASD Horseback Ride and Trek across Canada, from Halifax to Victoria, photographing the country from coast to coast. Many of those images are becoming mixed media acrylic paintings.

Bruce is a member of the Canadian Association for Photographic Art , The Sarnia Photographic Club , The Sarnia Lambton Arts Council, Sarnia Artists Workshop, Lawrence House Centre for the Arts, the Sarnia Computer Users Group. He is on the Board of Directors of the International Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence House Centre for the Arts, and Community Concerns for the Medically Fragile. Bruce is President and Chair of FASlink Fetal Alcohol Disorders Society and is a medical/educational/parenting consultant.

His gallery in Bright's Grove is open by appointment.

The Art

Original Mixed Media Paintings are available directly from the artist. Prints are available online here.

These mixed media paintings combine photography, computer imaging, and acrylic painting/sculpting on canvas. To change from 2 to 3 dimensions, the base image is hand painted using acrylics of various densities, colours and opacities. Detailed attention is paid to texture, using brushes and pallet knife to provide depth and the Fresnel effect. The acrylic becomes a bas relief sculpture.