About Bruce Bingham

I believe we live in a world filled with wonder, surrounded by hidden beauty naturally embedded everywhere. Many miss it, some never see it, and others overlook it.

Meet Bruce

Having completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma in 1978, Bruce has pursued further education by attending over 36 workshops and courses taught by renowned artists from around the globe. After spending a decade living abroad, Bruce has recently returned to the United States and has chosen to settle in the vibrant city of Austin. Embracing the city's eclectic atmosphere, Bruce finds inspiration in capturing the local color and unique venues that Keep Austin Weird!

I

love painting in oils. I remember when I was five, it was summer. I was on our screened-in porch bending over a sheet of white paper laid out on the table where we ate supper. I could hear the waves lapping on the shore, smell the salt air on the breeze, and listen to the birds sing in my favorite tree as I smeared my finger paints across the page. Sometimes I would climb that tree to watch the sticky cocoons turn into butterflies. Sometimes I would charge across the sun-baked beach to the waters edge and grab a wet handful of sand to bring back to scrub into my finger paintings: bright colors and gritty, muddy mixtures.

Bruce Bingham Painting in studio
Brunce Bingham painting on location

I love painting in oils with the lush bright colors and somber combinations that I can push around the canvas with my brushes or palette knife. The textures, layers and colors mesmerize me. The movement of my hands applying paint grounds me, and the smell of the oil paint drying calms me. Painting is my sanctuary where I play with the warm and cool colors, the range of hues and variations of texture- making sense of the world around me. Years later and now my studio is the cocoon nurturing my paintings before they take flight.

I see the essence of pure energy behind my reality. The colors, mood, and mystery of the moment intrigue and inspire me. I sense the magic and fleeting change of the fog before it lifts and the frost before it melts and squeeze it onto a flat canvas. I feel the texture of life and allow the paint to create its voice like the sunlight warming the soft fur of a cat. The more spontaneously I can allow myself to translate the energy in the language of painting the more unique my interpretation of reality. So I am a chaser of magic that glimmers and twinkles just beyond the surface of what I see, following fireflies shimmering on a warm summer's night. I love painting in oils.

Every Painting in this series was created upon the discovery of a magical moment. Once time passes, that moment is lost forever. As an artist, I capture this magical moment in time on canvas for you with explosions of color, juicy oil paints and textures by lush brushwork.

Galleries

Beach Gallery
313 Laskin Road, Suite 104
Virginia Beach, VA
757-482-8139
The Little Gallery
301 Market Street
Roanoke, VA
540-721-1596

Collections

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2018 Cuba, Faded Beauty, South Street Art Gallery, Easton, MD
  • 2011 In Living Color, St. Julians, Malta
  • 2007 Coeur de Maison, Autun, France
  • 2006 New Hope Gallery,New Hope. Penn.
  • 2006 Kaleju Gallery, Riga, Latvia
  • 2005 Cobalt, Va. Beach, Va.
  • 2005 Beach Gallery, Va. Beach, Va.
  • 2004 Beach Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 2003 The Phillips Gallery, Cape Henry Collegiate,Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 2003 Beach Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 2001 Decorum, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1997 Visions Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 1996 Visions Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 1995 Visions Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 1995 Zeitgeist Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1993 La Galleria, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 1988 The Stanley Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1987 The Stanley Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia

Group Exhibitions

  • 2023 NOAPS Associate Online Exhibition
  • 2022 NOAPS FALL International Online Exhibition Best Use of Light & Colour
  • 2022 Outdoor Painters Society Paint Kerrville Award of Excellence
  • 2022 AIS National Juried Exhibition
  • 2022 Plein Vision in Miniature Exhibition OPS
  • 2022 NOAPS Associate Online Exhibition
  • 2021 En Plein Air Texas - Open Division 3rd Place
  • 2021 NOAPS Fall International Online Exhibition
  • 2021 AIS 2nd Annual Online Exhibition
  • 2021 WAOW 51st National Exhibition, The Museum of Western Art
  • 2021 2nd Annual AIS Associate Members Online Exhibition Award of Merit
  • 2020 WAOW 50th National Exhibition Settlers West
  • 2020 4th Annual AS Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase
  • 2020 NOAPS Best of America Small Works National Juried Exhibition
  • 2018 Plein Air Southwest, Rockport, TX
  • 2018 Paint the Town, Marble Falls, TX
  • 2018 Gateway International Painting Contest Sept Finalist
  • 2018 Artprize.org Feb Finalist
  • 2018 AIS Small Works Show, Greenwich House Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 2018 The Painted Garden, Beach Gallery, Va. Beach, VA
  • 2017 En Plein Air Texas, Quick Draw, San Angelo, TX
  • 2017 Paint The Town, Marble Falls, TX
  • 2017 ArtPrize.org Nov & Dec Finalist
  • 2017 NOAPS Fall Showcase, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg. TX
  • 2017 Spring Showcase, RS. Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
  • 2017 WAOW National Show, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD
  • 2016 WAOW National Show, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
  • 2017 Sedona Art Prize Jan Finalist
  • 2017 AIS Impressions - Small Works Showcase
  • 2016 En Plein Air Texas Open Quick Draw Best Concho Street Painting
  • 2016 Kerrville, Texas Paint Out 3rd Place
  • 2016 Sedona Art Prize Oct & Dec Finalist
  • 2016 Artists of Texas Annual Juried Show
  • 2016 Long Beach Island Plein Air Plus Honorable Mention
  • 2016 Women Artists of the West Annual Juried Show
  • 2016 Oil Painters of America Salon Show Award of Excellence
  • 2015 En Plein Air Texas Open Quick Draw Best in Show
  • 2015 Paint The Town, Marble Falls, Texas Best in Show
  • 2015 Oil Painters of America Salon Show
  • 2015 Old Post Office Museum and Art Center 4th Annual National Competition
  • 2015 Richardson Civic Art Society Regional Art Show
  • 2014 AIS 15th Annual Juried Exhibition, Denver, CO, abendgallery.com
  • 2014 The Painted Garden, Virginia Beach, VA, (757) 482-8139, beachgallery.com
  • 2013 The Painted Garden, Virginia Beach, VA
  • 2012 The Painted Garden, Virginia Beach, VA
  • 2011 Kros and Kenosis, Malta
  • 2010 National Art Competition Malta
  • 2007 Chasen Galleries, Inc., Richmond, VA, (804) 204-1048, ChasenGalleries.com
  • 2007 Chasen Galleries, Inc., Charlotte, NC, (704) 376-0066, ChasenGalleries.com
  • 2007 Beach Gallery, Va. Beach, Va.
  • 2007 The Little Gallery, Moneta, Va.
  • 2007 Cadr'Art, Beaune, France
  • 2006 Gallery on Merchant's Square, Williamsburg, Va.
  • 2006 The Shooting Star Gallery, Suffolk, Va.
  • 2006 West End Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 2006 Harbor Gallery, Norfolk, Va.
  • 2006 The Little Gallery, Moneta, Va.
  • 2006 Beach Gallery, Va.Beach, Va.
  • 2005 Harbor Gallery, Norfolk, Va.
  • 2005 Beach Gallery, Va. Beach, Va.
  • 2005 The West End Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 2005 Nasemond Suffolk Show, Suffolk, Va.
  • 2004 Moralas Gallery, Outerbanks, North Carolina
  • 2000 Inizio, Phoenix, Arizona (National)
  • 1999 South Beach Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 1999 Greenleaf Gallery, Outerbanks, North Carolina
  • 1998 The Artist's Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 1997 Icirus,Glen Eure Gallery, Outerbanks, North Carolina (international)
  • 1996 Crestar Bank, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1995 The Alternative Space, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 1994 Contemporary Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 1993 Contemporary Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 1992 Artworks Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1991 Artworks Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1990 North Carolina Art Guild, Lexington, North Carolina
  • 1986 Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
  • 1985 Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
  • 1980 Ghent Galleries, Norfolk, Virginia

Associations