Tasty Review of "Breaking Bread" in the New Haven Independent

Very happy to see that writer Allan Appel wrote up this review after stopping by the gallery to interview Frank last week. Thank you to the many who have visited or contacted us about this major body of work and huge achievement.

To celebrate, we are toasting Frank's exhibit this Sunday, April 26th, with mimosas at noon. Please join us at the Kehler Liddell Gallery if you can....

detail from "Oven Roasted Potatoes" original oil from Frank Bruckmann. 

HOT! Press for Breaking Bread

If you haven't seen it yet, here is a great retelling of the Breaking Bread show, as written for The
Daily Nutmeg, featured today....

Also, if you haven been lately, jump over to Frank's website, fbruckmann.com.

detail from Chilean Sea Bass. original oil painting from Frank Bruckmann.

"Breaking Bread" Opens With Great Success

Frank never finishes a painting, it "just stops in interesting places."  - Robert Henri

So here is Frank, after hanging his show, still painting.....The gallery was packed on Sunday for the opening exhibition and it will be up until April 26th, so feel free to get in touch if you'd like a personal tour.  Frank will be at the gallery this Saturday, April 4th and April 11th. 

adding finishing touches....

Frank and some onlookers, including the fabulous Marjorie Pendergast....

"Breaking Bread" Opens this Sunday!

After two years of painting dinner parties in his studio, Frank is unveiling a compelling and extensive new series.  It is about coming together and having a meal with your friends or family; eating, drinking, conversing. It's what we do when we are "breaking bread."

The Exhibition Opening is Sunday, March 29th, from 3-6:00pm at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, and if you can, you should come see for yourself.... The show runs from March 26 - April 26.

Shrimp Bisque (detail) 26"x36".  original oil painting by Frank Bruckmann

The 114th Annual Juried Art Exhibition at the New Haven Paint and Clay Club

And the award goes to...Frank Bruckmann!  

Frank will take a nice award home tomorrow from the New Haven Paint and Clay Club for this gorgeous nude from his show "Nudes and Nudibranchs." The exhibition opening is tomorrow, March 22, 3-5pm and open to the public,  featuring great contemporary art and showcasing many New Haven-based artists. 

The place:

John Slade Ely House

51 Trumbull St. 

New Haven, CT  06511

Model in Studio. original oil painting by Frank Bruckmann. 

Two Successful Bruckmann Happenings….

October was a full month….Frank spent early October in PA painting bucolic landscapes, including Radnor Township's favorite (and perhaps soon-to-be-developed) Ardrossan Farm. He also sought out paintworthy farmscapes out Goshen Road, which we then hung up promptly, in time for our 6th Annual Landscape Event.

Citywide Open Studios in New Haven brought many neighbors, clients and unique visitors to Frank's studio, here in our backyard-artsy-Westville-mecca. For those uninitiated, Westville has gathered many many that are in the arts, and when we throw open our doors, as we do, annually in the fall for New Haven's Citywide Open Studios, and in the Spring for the Westville Village ArtWalk, it is a wonderful scene, as people flock in to see what these diverse artists have to offer .

Frank holding court in his studio during CWOS. photo credit: David Sepulveda.

On the Road in Pennsylvania

Have you seen this van parked on the side of the road? Seen the man painting from sunrise to sunset? For a week now I have been getting daily updates of paintings that are brand new, just about finished, and everything in between. 

WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THE PARTY WHICH WILL BE 

THE UNVEILING OF THESE GEMS!  And that date is: 

Saturday, October 12, from 6-9pm 

403 Waynesbrooke Road

Berwyn, PA  19312

RSVP:  muffysart@sbcglobal.net

 Working on these paintings simultaneously allowed Frank to take the most successful parts from each painting and put it in the other one,  therefore enhancing both.....


And below is a what a "block in" looks like. For instance, this painting is only a few minutes old. The very beginning stage when Frank is composing the paintings elements. Look at that late afternoon light...gorgeous