Frank Bruckmann Will Open

New Year Of SCAN Programs

Frank Bruckmann will be demonstrating in oil at the next meeting of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) on Wednesday, January 14, at 7:30 pm. The meeting is open to the public and will be in the lower level of Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street in Newtown (at the flagpole). Admission is free.

Mr Bruckmann will be using a still life as his subject.

The artist lives and paints in historic Westville Village in New Haven. After graduating from art school in the United States, he spent several years in Paris and Madrid copying the masters in the great museums in Europe. While abroad he immersed himself in local cultures by learning their language and painting landscapes of the countryside and cityscapes.

While working as a model in Paris, and painting throughout the city of lights, Mr Bruckmann developed further as an artist, resulting in several group shows and some solo exhibitions in both Paris and Spain.

A brief visit to Connecticut in 1990 became a permanent relocation for Mr Bruckmann once he discovered the endless painting material along the Connecticut shoreline. In an effort to paint with other artists, he hosted Friday night portrait sessions in his tiny studio in South Norwalk.

Whether setting up his easel on the beach, painting portraits, taking off to Mexico or Europe for a landscape painting trip or composing a still life in his studio, one can see a man at work who is dedicated principally to the art of painting and living.