BIO
Bruce Wilson is a fine art photographer whose work reflects his broad interests and his need to discover new relevant subject matter and experiment with new techniques. His current projects feature individuals and places, and he has developed processing methods that produce colorful composite images while retaining and enhancing details in the original images. He will have two solo shows in 2024.
His artistic interests and the challenge of portraying them evocatively balance the technical work that has made up most of his career as a mechanical engineer. Bruce credits an undersubscribed photo review class as revealing to him how images could be made more cohesive and more interesting. Since that class, he has pursued his interests with vigor. In 2019 he had a solo exhibition at the Newton Free Library. In the summer of 2020, he showed 25 works from his "Urban Ponds" series at Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum. He has exhibited many juried and non-juried shows. He has won awards in numerous exhibitions, most recently the “Over 50 years of age award” at the City of Boston’s Fay Chandler Emerging Art Exhibition. He is the membership chair, a board position, of the Newton Art Association in Newton, MA.
He is an artist member of Galatea Fine Art, a cooperative art gallery in Boston, MA, and a member of Newton Art Association. He participates in Newton Open Studios, an annual citywide art fair. He also lends his photography skills to various volunteer groups and cultural organizations. Other interests include learning French, discovering and creating new artistic avenues for his work, and keeping fit.