Bruce Williamson

An award winning representational artist, Bruce Williamson is passionate about his craft. He is inspired by the beauty revealed in familiar objects as well as nature’s own magnificence. In his distinctive “alla prima” style he uses bold brush strokes and beautiful colors to create striking renditions of people, places and objects. His paintings demonstrate strong compositions and his portraits capture distinctively the personality of his subjects. The process of transforming an ordinary scene into something extraordinary fascinates him.

Born in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, his passion for art has been life long. As a youth, Bruce displayed and sold numerous paintings in a family gallery. His mother was a watercolorist and her great grandfather, Sir Sanford Fleming, designed the first Canadian stamp. After collegiate studies under John Damm, Bruce went to the Art Student’s League of New York to study under Robert Brackman, one of America’s most sought after teachers in the world of painting.

As a young adult, Williamson left painting to become a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. He traveled throughout Europe and spent ten years in Italy, where he was ordained at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome by Pope John Paul II. While there, at the University of St. Thomas Aquinus, he had the great opportunity to follow the remarkable journey of and to work with Mother Theresa. It was during this period, studying great figures of art history, that his artistic talent was most influenced.
Williamson is a sought after exhibitor as well as instructor of still life and portrait painting. He was recently awarded Best of Show in the National Society of Artists Membership Exhibit and has completed several one-man shows in Italy and in the United States.