Bruce Ruark
Watercolor

Bruce Ruark is an avid Plein Air painter living in Dublin, California, who specializes in painting local scenes and cityscapes. He works in watercolor and paints outdoors twice each week with the Tri-Valley Tuesday Painters and with the Jade Fon Group on Saturdays. With the painting groups, Bruce has traveled all over the San Francisco Bay area painting the Golden Gate Bridge, the Japanese Tea Garden, Benicia, Martinez, Mt. Diablo and local Livermore and Pleasanton cityscapes. Local vineyard landscapes such as Wente's, Concannon, Bent Creek and Retzlaff are often a source of Bruce's work and many are currently on display with the Pleasanton Art League and Livermore Art Association circuits.

Bruce has been interested in art for many years. He received a B.S. in Graphic Design at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. He was a Product Designer of Major Appliances for General Electric Company. Now he is a full-time painter.

Bruce is a member of the Pleasanton Art League, the Livermore Art Association, the California Watercolor Association and the Kentucky Watercolor Society. Bruce has been juried in numerous art shows in Kentucky and California, winning many awards. The Pleasanton Hotel on Main Street is currently displaying Bruce's landscapes in the main hallway. Bruce is also represented by The Frame Company, 7038 Village Parkway, Dublin, California. See www.framecompany.com.

Almond Trees - Nortonville Road

Wente Vineyard

Victorian at Concannon

Retzlaff Vineyard