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Since the early 1980’s Bruce Cody has been regarded as one of the premiere painters of large urban and small town architectural motifs. His contemporary images range from high-rise towers with busy urban activities to small, purpose built structures, such as gas stations, motels and theatres.
In all of his paintings the rich light and shadows of the Western landscape are the primary motive for selecting his subjects. Light pouring on a sign covered façade reflects his interest and early years spent in his father’s neon sign shop. Learning to create hand painted signs was the seminal experience that led him to serious fine art studies and printmaking. Cody graduated from the University of Wyoming and earned a MFA degree at Washington State University.
Developing his skills and aesthetic preferences during seventeen years as a university art teacher, he resigned his tenured professorship at Colorado State University to devote his life to painting in 1983. Since that time he and his wife Charlene lived in Denver, CO and Santa Fe, NM where he has earned much acclaim and numerous collectors. In Santa Fe he and Charlene owned the highly regarded Charlene Cody Gallery from 1994 until 2005.
Cody has presented over twenty-five one man exhibits since 1984. Mr. Cody has work included in over thirty public collections including the Jack Blaton Museum in Dallas, TX, The Seattle Art Museum, The Spokane Art Center, WA and The Springfield Museum in Springfield, MA. His work is included in eight national publications including American Artist Magazine, Southwest Art, and American Art Collector. Cody’s work has been acquired by over fifty corporate collections across the U.S, including Citicorp, Exxon-Mobile, Humana, Quest, and Hilton Hotels. His work is in nearly five hundred private collections in the U.S., England, Italy, Germany, Canada and Japan. Among his private collectors are actors, Burt Reynolds and the late Paul Newman. Notable collectors also include Vice president and Mrs. Cheney.
At the heart of Cody’s work exists a positive observation of the American scene that records and mirrors our shared experiences of daily life and journeys across the United States.
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