"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 in 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 3 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰."
 

           Bruce's drive to create art centered on environmental awareness began with a flood. Shortly after moving to Fairhope, Alabama with his family in 1996, Hurricane Danny hit. Their small backyard river rose almost 23 feet overnight, reaching the roof the following morning. After water finally subsided, the long process of throwing away everything they owned began. Furniture, books, photo albums. Walls, ceilings and floors. After months of work the family raised the gutted frame onto pilings and began to rebuild their home. The new space beneath was turned into an art studio. After a hurricane, materials are everywhere.
 

          "𝘐 just 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥. 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺'𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭."
 
           When hurricane cleanup was eventually complete, his search for materials turned to other places, from dragging magnets in the bay to getting permission to search local landfills. Finding and utilizing materials that were destroyed by nature or discarded by society became the driving force of his work, seeking to transform loss and devastation into something new.
 

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