Voices of Experience - Bruce Evans Newman

“I would assure them (beginning artists) that this is not a competition but, instead, a community and to view art as just a long road that all of us are on.”

Fortress 18 x 24” Oil

Although he has come to painting later in life, Canadian artist, Bruce Newman is applying to his art the same dedication that he applied to his previous successful careers. His fine arts education has been self-directed, attending workshops and studying the masters. Now an award-winning artist, Newman has had multiple solo exhibitions of his work. His paintings are included in collections across North America and Europe. We asked him about the evolution of his fine arts career and his life as a plein air landscape artist in New Brunswick.

Was art a part of your life in some form or other when you were young? Did you have other creative outlets or an appreciation of art before you began painting?

My life had always been primarily about work and family, as it is …