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Mixed Media
Tuesday, March 23, 7-9pm
For our March 23rd demonstration, Charlotte artist and MHA member Bruce Chandler demonstrated her method of mixing media with collage to create exciting humorous images.
Bruce taught art for three years on ETV. She painted murals near the ceiling of a Wal-Mart store from a scissor lift. Bruce is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. She has won many juried competitions throughout her career such as:
• Best in show, Harborwalk Juried Show
• Southern Watercolor Society Cary Saurage Award 2002
• Southern Watercolor Society, City Art/Art Xpress Award
• Juried into International Society of Experimental Artists
• Juried into SC Watercolor Show
• Myrtle Beach Best in Show
Bruce enjoys the process of painting. When she completes a painting she looks forward to the next one, which may be a completely different medium or style such as photo-realism or an extreme experimental approach depicting humor and slapstick. It might also be a different subject or it could be part of a series that she creates. One thing is certain about her work; it will tell a story. She credits her many years of teaching and the ability to dart back and forth between media and styles to best tell her story.
Bruce Chandler has lived in many places across the nation, though she was born and raised in South Carolina. While living in the Washington, DC area, she attended Maryland School of Art and Design. The rest of Bruce’s training came from many professional workshops and the ''street of hard knocks.''
This was an exciting night for people to watch Bruce apply her skills to the media in front of her.
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