Artist of the Month for June at the Dayboro Art Gallery - Bruce Mercer

Bruce Mercer, this years "People's Choice Award" winner, is the Artist of the Month for June at the Dayboro Art Gallery.

Starting on concrete paths with charcoal from his mother's laundry copper after wash day, drawing on all the pathways. In his teenage years, Bruce took a course at technical college down George St and studied commercial art for four years.

Bruce worked at Allen and Stark in Queen St, and later at Mc Whirters in Fortitude Valley as a window dresser and display artist. He also sold artwork for book illustrations and enjoys working with acrylics and oils and other mediums including 'pyrography'.

Bruce's inspiration is from man-made structures, nature, wild life, sunset skies, light and shadows.

Artist of the Month - March - Bruce Mercer

Bruce Mercer is artist of the month at the Dayboro Community Art Gallery. If you'd like to meet Bruce there will be a morning tea at the Gallery at 10am on Sunday, 14 March with morning tea will be provided.

Bruce has been creating his art since he was a young child and as a teen attended college and became a window display artist. Bruce currently uses acrylics, oils, mixed media and pyrography (burning wood) to create his wonderful pieces.

Some of his favourite subjects include wildlife, land and seascapes and sunset skies.