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CHRISTY BRUCE
Christy Bruce of Canyon Lake received her BA, majoring in art and art history, and a California teaching credential from California State University San Bernardino. Ms. Bruce taught fifth grade and acted as the art coordinator for the Alta Loma School District for twenty-seven years before recently retiring. Christy was exposed to art at an early age. Her father designed and built houses; therefore, she saw blue prints and elevation drawings every day. Also, her maternal grandmother was an artist. With this family inspiration, it is understood why Christy would be drawn to arts. She is proficient in both oils and watercolor, but, for the last twelve years, she has worked in watercolor. She studied fine art under various art professors, such as Andre Tolstoy-Mahonney (oils), Martha Underwood, Marilyn Evans, Fealing Lin, and Tom Fong (watercolor). A most versatile artist, Christy enjoys painting a wide variety of subjects in both oil and in watercolor, preferring landscapes, still lifes, and flowers. She has embarked on a journey into impressionistic naturalism. Interpreting anew nature and the structural works around us, she finds each painting to be an adventure with surprising and mysterious results. She approaches her paintings with a passion for play and visual discovery. She invites her viewers to share in that discovery and to participate further by finding their own truths. She uses her full legal name, Christalee, to sign her work. Her work has won numerous awards and can be found in many private collections as well as in the Gibson Center in Upland and the Bella Gallery in Lake Elsinore. Artist Christy Bruce currently belongs to these art associations: Associated Artists of the Inland Empire, Pomona Valley Art Association, the Fallbrook Art Association, and the Canyon Lake Art Association. You may also see Christy's work at the uscraftsmen.com web
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