Canadian artist Bruce Cull’s French, Irish, and Mohawk roots have profoundly connected him to the land, and it is from this deep connection that his art evolves. His paintings deal with the natural environment and humanity’s relationship with it. He challenges his viewers to consider the consequences of their actions, and how changes in technology and human habits come to affect the world around us.
While Cull’s work is rooted in drawing and design, it is simultaneously inspired by sculpting and printmaking techniques. Thus, his use of line and form dominate each canvas, resulting in compositions both rhythmic and dynamic yet profoundly balanced. There is a dimensional element to many of his works as well, as Cull often incorporates mixed media into his work, combining traditional paints and techniques with other textured materials such as wire, eggshells, wasps’ nests, and rhubarb leaves. What results are compelling pieces that, as Cull explains, are a “passionate creative expression of our connection and relationship to our environment and consequently to one another.”