"Bringing the Museum to You"

By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the second of two 12-piece Exhibitions of works by American contemporary Impressionist painter Bruce Peil (born 1946 in Watonga, Oklahoma).

 

Bruce's artworks are profoundly influenced by the artists whose work he most admires--in addition to masters like John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn and Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, artists like Wilson Hurley, Robert Lougheed, John Clymer, Clyde Aspevig, James Reynolds and many more had a big influence on him at the beginning of his art career. 

 

Bruce discovered these great artists' paintings at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City when he was first beginning to paint. As a young artist, having access to paintings of this quality confirmed the direction Bruce wanted his work to take and gave him a goal that he continually strives to achieve. And while he harbors much admiration for these great painters' works, his goal has always been to let his own style evolve naturally and to make his own creative and artistic statement. 

 

Born and raised in Oklahoma, Bruce now resides in Athens, Texas.  He is a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America,  the co-founder of the Outdoor Painters Society, and a member of the Oklahoma Society of Impressionists.  His paintings are widely collected and he is primarily known for his landscape paintings.