Bruce Docker

Artist Profile and Gallery

Location:
Nixa, Missouri, United States

Contact Me:
Email Bruce Docker

About Bruce Docker:
I come from a long line of artists. My father drew the original series of cigarette smoking woodpeckers used in all traditional tattoo shops today. My maternal grandmother was a professional artist who could paint the highlights of a vase with the devastation of a paper cut to the eye. And of course my grandfather was the infamous paint-by-numbers artist and rumrunner of Kansas City in the 1940’s. I have tried combine all I learned from them into a cohesively rambling style.

My formal training includes years of study with the Canadian art God, John Nagy, developer of the audacious Learn to Draw Kit. We met every Tuesday afternoon at 3:30.

Believing in total respect for my materials I once used an entire box of Crayola 64’s without breaking a single crayon, I covered my driveway in Scotch tape to protect my sidewalk chalk drawings from the rain, and the linen of my canvas is made only from the wool of free range sheep.

How to buy my paintings:
Work for sale on my blog through Paypal with your credit card, bank account or paypal account.

Links:
Bruce Docker Paintings: http://brucedocker.blogspot.com
NOT YOUR NORMAL STILL LIFE PAINTINGS: http://brucedockerstill.blogspot.com
MY BACKYARD PAINTINGS: http://brucedockerbackyardpaintings.blogspot.com/
URBAN PAINTINGS: http://brucedockerurban.blogspot.com

My Paintings: ( = sold )

Newest Paintings  -  MY BACKYARD  -  PEOPLE  -  STILL LIFE  -  INTERIOR  -  THE AMERICAN WEST  -  LANDSCAPE  -  URBAN  -  All Other Paintings

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SIGMUND STILL DREAMS OF TRAINS -- Bruce Docker LIVING SHADOWS OF THE PRAIRIE OASIS -- Bruce Docker LEVITATING THE BLUE BEHEMOTH -- Bruce Docker INFRASTRUTTURA -- Bruce Docker COLUMNS -- Bruce Docker PASSING VIEW FROM MY CANOE -- Bruce Docker TSUNAMI BEAN -- Bruce Docker HOME GROWN -- Bruce Docker THE SCARLET MONKEYS FOUND A HOME -- Bruce Docker A STONE IN THE RIVER OF DUST -- Bruce Docker THE AROUSAL OF THE MAENADS -- Bruce Docker SLUMBERING MAENADS -- Bruce Docker
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MY BACKYARD (49) show all

THE HARD LIGHT FELL UPON US -- Bruce Docker MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS GLOWED BEYOND THE HORIZON -- Bruce Docker THE FORCES OF EVIL AND THE SUPERNATURAL -- Bruce Docker RUNNING UP THAT HILL -- Bruce Docker BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE -- Bruce Docker AUTUMN 2 -- Bruce Docker AUTUMN 1 -- Bruce Docker IN THE CLEARING, THERE WERE INDISTINCT MOVEMENTS -- Bruce Docker AS DARKNESS APPROACHED, FLAMES LEAPT FROM LIMB TO LIMB -- Bruce Docker THE WALL OBSCURES MY VISION OF THE FUTURE -- Bruce Docker THE CARNIVAL OF TREES, AS RECALLED BY CHILDREN -- Bruce Docker UNDER THE UMBRELLAS, THE SUN SHONE THROUGH -- Bruce Docker THE TUMULTUOUS EVOLUTION OF ROMULUS AND REMUS -- Bruce Docker BACKYARD MORNING 2 -- Bruce Docker AFTER SUNSET 2 -- Bruce Docker AFTER SUNSET 1 -- Bruce Docker AFTERNOON SUN 3 -- Bruce Docker AFTERNOON SUN 2 -- Bruce Docker WINTER, BEFORE THE FENCE -- Bruce Docker THE THREE WITCHES III -- Bruce Docker THE THREE WITCHES II -- Bruce Docker IN THE CORNER -- Bruce Docker THE THREE WITCHES -- Bruce Docker FEBRUARY -- Bruce Docker BACKYARD MORNING 2 -- Bruce Docker BACKYARD, CLOUDY MORNING -- Bruce Docker BACKYARD MORNING -- Bruce Docker BACKYARD SUNRISE 2 -- Bruce Docker BACKYARD SUNRISE -- Bruce Docker TREES -- Bruce Docker WINTER SUNSET -- Bruce Docker WINTER SUNSET-THE WALL -- Bruce Docker CATHEDRAL -- Bruce Docker AUTUMN DUSK -- Bruce Docker SUNRISE SHADOWS -- Bruce Docker SUMMER SHADOWS -- Bruce Docker AUTUMN 4 -- Bruce Docker AUTUMN 3 -- Bruce Docker AUTUMN 2 -- Bruce Docker AUTUMN 1 -- Bruce Docker
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PEOPLE (31)

MR BIG PANTS DEVOURS THE NEWS -- Bruce Docker JOHN DILLINGER -- Bruce Docker PASSING THROUGH THIS PLACE -- Bruce Docker DANCING IN THE DRIVEWAY SCARES THE CAT -- Bruce Docker DANCING IN THE DRIVEWAY -- Bruce Docker NIETZSCHE -- Bruce Docker INFINITY DRIPPED FROM HIS FINGERTIPS -- Bruce Docker FIGHTING BEING DEVOURED BY THE SHIFTING POWER GRID -- Bruce Docker AND THE KEY RATTLED LOUDLY INTO PLACE -- Bruce Docker YOU KNOW ME MORE THAN I KNOW -- Bruce Docker I WILL EXPLODE LIKE A PSYCHOTIC SPIDER MONKEY -- Bruce Docker I ASKED HIM TO DESIST AND TO REFRAIN -- Bruce Docker GO TELL THE WOMEN THAT WERE LEAVING -- Bruce Docker I MUST ABOVE ALL THINGS, LOVE MYSELF -- Bruce Docker KRISHNA WRESTLERS -- Bruce Docker DANCING COUPLE -- Bruce Docker DARK OFFICE V - THE ALLIANCE -- Bruce Docker DARK OFFICE IV - THE REALIZATION -- Bruce Docker DARK OFFICE III - THE BETRAYAL -- Bruce Docker DARK OFFICE II - THE PROMISE -- Bruce Docker DARK OFFICE-THE APPEAL -- Bruce Docker BANTER AT THE LOBBY DOOR -- Bruce Docker MURDER VICTIM -- Bruce Docker VICTORY POSE -- Bruce Docker DOWNTOWN -- Bruce Docker JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES -- Bruce Docker ST. SEBASTIAN -- Bruce Docker ONE OF THE PLAYERS -- Bruce Docker JACKSONS - RUBY SHOOTS OSWALD -- Bruce Docker WEEGEES - COP KILLER -- Bruce Docker RED NUDE -- Bruce Docker
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STILL LIFE (37)

A STONE IN THE RIVER OF DUST -- Bruce Docker CANTEEN FILLED WITH DUST -- Bruce Docker DEAR HEAD ON THE WALL II -- Bruce Docker DEAR HEAD ON THE WALL -- Bruce Docker RASCALS GIFT -- Bruce Docker FLORA ORB - 1 -- Bruce Docker THE SURVIVOR -- Bruce Docker CATACOMBS III -- Bruce Docker THE VAGABONDS JACKET -- Bruce Docker WORK GLOVES -- Bruce Docker FLOWER POTS -- Bruce Docker DAISY ROCK -- Bruce Docker THE OWL -- Bruce Docker CATACOMBS 2 -- Bruce Docker HOUSE IN THE GARDEN -- Bruce Docker RASCALS GIFT -- Bruce Docker CATACOMBS -- Bruce Docker DUTCH LATCH -- Bruce Docker ASIAN PEARS 2 -- Bruce Docker ASIAN PEARS -- Bruce Docker ONE OF BILLIONS... -- Bruce Docker LATE -- Bruce Docker THE CEZANNE PYRAMID -- Bruce Docker FLORA ORB 2 -- Bruce Docker ON THE WINDOWSILL 2 -- Bruce Docker FLORA ORB -- Bruce Docker THE THEFT OF VICINI S EGG -- Bruce Docker LUNCH - OCT. 17th -- Bruce Docker SHADOW -- Bruce Docker BY THE WINDOW -- Bruce Docker SLEEPING SWAN -- Bruce Docker HOUSE IN THE GARDEN -- Bruce Docker AT THE BASE OF THE HICKORY TREE -- Bruce Docker LATE HARVEST 3 -- Bruce Docker LATE HARVEST 2 -- Bruce Docker LATE HARVEST 1 -- Bruce Docker SWAN -- Bruce Docker
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INTERIOR (15)

BROWN SHADOW -- Bruce Docker THE SHADOW -- Bruce Docker SHADOW CAT 4 -- Bruce Docker SUNNY - sold -- Bruce Docker DARK OFFICE VI - EMPTY DESK -- Bruce Docker SHADOW CAT -- Bruce Docker THE STUDIO CHAIR -- Bruce Docker SHADOW BOTTLE -- Bruce Docker IN THE LOBBY -- Bruce Docker CATNAP -- Bruce Docker SHADOW CAT 3 -- Bruce Docker THE NEXT ROOM 2 -- Bruce Docker THE NEXT ROOM -- Bruce Docker SHADOW CAT 2 -- Bruce Docker SHADOW CAT -- Bruce Docker
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THE AMERICAN WEST (23)

LIVING SHADOWS OF THE PRAIRIE OASIS -- Bruce Docker THE RAIN WONT HELP YOU WHEN ITS OVER -- Bruce Docker UTAH MOUNTAINS -- Bruce Docker NO WAY BUT AROUND -- Bruce Docker DIPTYCH - RIGHT SIDE -- Bruce Docker DIPTYCH - LEFT SIDE -- Bruce Docker BIG SKY -- Bruce Docker TIME ACCUMULATED, TURNING TO STONE -- Bruce Docker FOOTHILLS -- Bruce Docker TOWER AT THE EDGE -- Bruce Docker SUPERSTITION III -- Bruce Docker UTAH DESERT -- Bruce Docker UTAH DESERT 4 -- Bruce Docker MOON OVER THE CANYON -- Bruce Docker SENTINEL -- Bruce Docker SUPERSTITION 2 -- Bruce Docker ARIZONA MOUNTAINS 2 -- Bruce Docker THE BLUFF -- Bruce Docker ARIZONA MOUNTAINS -- Bruce Docker ARIZONA DESERT RIVER -- Bruce Docker ARIZONA DESERT RIVER 2 -- Bruce Docker JUNIPER TREE -- Bruce Docker SUPERSTITION -- Bruce Docker
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LANDSCAPE (99) show all