Original Contemporary Painting Figurative Nude Artist Frank Bruno

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This original acrylic painting on paper by Philadelphia, Pa Artist Frank Bruno depicts a nude woman from behind in a … Read more This original acrylic painting on paper by Philadelphia, Pa Artist Frank Bruno depicts a nude woman from behind in a seated, crouching position. The painting is professionally framed, black metal, and under glass. From my private collection purchased at a gallery in Philadelphia. Signed on the back and dated 1995.

The style is modern and somewhat abstract, utilizing broad brushstrokes and a limited grayscale palette to convey form and shadow. The absence of fine details and the focus on the overall shape suggest a contemporary approach to the classical

Artist Profile:
Contemporary figural painter Frank Bruno creates his work out of his home studio in Collegeville, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 1990 Bruno has been part of over 25 group exhibits in New York City. Other numerous shows in Philadelphia and various galleries in eastern PA have given this artist and art instructor an outlet for his innovative styles.

Bruno often breaks conformity with his use of latex gloves and palette knives rather than paint brushes. Accents of mixed media are often found in the colorful spontaneous action paintings which he is known for. The chosen flavor is oils and enamel paints or acrylics on either wood panels or canvas.

"The figure in itself is art" Bruno exclaims. "I bring out the design oriented strengths".

Forms, contours, masses and volumes are stylized while details are muted or exaggerated. His best known series shows a mixture of Greek and Roman renaissance figures inspired by his studies in art history. The artist takes these strong characters and converts them into thought provoking scenes showing expression, emotion, or abstract composition.

Another recent series titled "Sonic Canon" demonstrates Bruno’s ability to exercise the inventive. The elongated figural images depict fantasy type sonnets left to one’s imagination. Here the artist renders in a primitive mode. Animals, humans and perhaps a mixture of both are set against chaotic or energetic backgrounds of color and painterly actions.

Bruno is a graduate of York Academy of Art, York, PA and attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY. Having been an artist all his life, Bruno started his professional career in Commercial Advertising Art. Since 1980 he’s worked for a local newspaper, a television studio and as Art Director in an out of home media company for 19 years, all while sharpening his fine art skills through exhibiting, lecturing Art Marketing Seminars and teaching art classes.

"His art evokes a sense of escape from the ordinary, for himself as well as his audience."

- Damien Roman, Knickerbocker Gallery, NYC See less