Bruce Piermarini - An Immensely Talented Amazing Painter

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Bruce Piermarini - An Immensely Talented Amazing
Painter
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Bruce Piermarini was born and spent his childhood
in Leominster Massachusetts and is the oldest of
his siblings. His childhood and teenage
experience there helped him shape his painting
aesthetic. As a teenager, he worked in a factory
after school as a plastic injection molding
machine operator, where molten plastic was
injected into moulds to make plastic objects, and
there his interest in abstraction was piqued by
the lava like flow and solidification of the
molten colored plastic. He also played in a rock
band where he played, the organ, and the
harmonica, and played the saxophone in a marching
band. In 1975, he studied at the School of Visual
Arts in NYC and there he became familiar with the
Color Field painters Larry Zox, Dan Christensen,
and Ronnie Landfield. He immediately identified
with and appreciated the work of Larry Poons and
Morris Louis and was subsequently heavily
influenced by their painting style.
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Bruce Piermarini was a graduate student at the
Maryland Institute, College of Art, in Baltimore
from 1978 to 1980. At The Maryland Institute,
Mount Royal School of Painting, he was inspired
by the Internationally known conceptual artist
Salvatore Scarpita, and made a number of
conceptual pieces such as one called Crushed
Canoe, a canoe which had been flattened by a
steamroller, and documented by video an black and
white still shots, which were exhibited along
with the crushed canoe artifact. He also worked
assiduously on his painting under the tutelage of
Babe Shapiero, a well-known New York painter,
known for his Op and Pop Art style. There he
gained the confidence and refined techniques that
are attributable to his work ethic and clearly
shown in his recent work. After obtaining his
degree from Maryland Institute, College of Art,
he traveled back to Massachusetts, where he
maintains his painting studio, and joined the
group of painters who later became the New New
Painters.
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Bruce Piermarini has been painting for over 30
years. He paints in the winter season, as he
says, The light is better in winter. The stark
contrast of light with the snow heightens the
effect it has on color sensibility. Colors seem
brighter, more intense and much more emotive. In
winter colors have a new meaning, they are
heavier, more lively, lighter more dramatic. His
winter paintings have always dazzled people with
their wild energy and newness. Every inch of his
studio is decorated with new works. The paintings
he makes leap out from every direction and people
have appreciated his work by calling it both
thrilling and inspiring. His paintings are highly
unique, sophisticated and every picture has a
different concept. He is truly an immensely
talented amazing painter.
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Thank You Bruce Piermarini