MARTIN BRUINSMA

Red Chair

acrylic on canvas, 60” x 48”

Alley

oil on canvas, 60” x 40”

Promenade

oil on canvas, 60” x 40”

Stairwell

oil on canvas, 60” x 40”

Kiosk

oil on canvas, 48” x 36”

Night Hoop

acrylic on canvas, 72” x 48”

LACMA Lot

oil on canvas, 24” x 48”

Checkpoint

acrylic on canvas, 40” x 60”

Window

acrylic on canvas, 48” x 48”

Bottles

acrylic on canvas, 40” x 60”

Launch

acrylic on canvas, 40” x 60”

At the Appointed Hour

acrylic on canvas, 40” x 60”

Destiny

Acrylic on canvas, 48” x 36”

King Thug

Charcoal on paper, 24.5” x 46.5” framed

Hoop

acrylic on paper, 31” x 25” framed

Marlowe

charcoal on paper, 28.25” x 40.25” framed

To the Fairest of Them All

charcoal on paper, 26.25” x 20” framed

Birdie G's

Watercolor on paper, 10.5” x 12.25” framed

Bob's Market

Watercolor on paper, 10.75” x 13” framed

Stage

Watercolor on paper, 15.5” x 12.25” framed

Threshold

Acrylic on Canvas, 40” x 60”

Big Daddy

Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”

Descent

Acrylic on Canvas, 40” x 60”

Badlands

Acrylic on Canvas, 40” x 60”

Jack of Hearts

Acrylic on Canvas, 30” x 40”

Quiet

Acrylic on Canvas, 24” x 36”

Deceit

Artist Statement CV Press Release

In these paintings, Martin Bruinsma has adopted the visual aesthetic of classic Film Noir, staging shadowed scenes with mysterious subjects. Bruinsma is careful to establish his paintings and drawings as situated in a time separate from our own. Their dreamlike quality and painterly ambiguity establish them not as recordings of historical events, but as a 20th century mythology with persisting relevance. Bruinsma explores expressions of masculinity and power. His subjects’ body language suggests that these are ideals whose embodiment can have dangerous results.

Martin Bruinsma received his BFA in Illustration from the Art Center College of Design and studied psychobiology at UCLA.

Inquiry