Art Works by Canadian artist / painter Bruce R. T. Hakli (B.F.A.)

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1944, Bruce fell under the progressive spell that permeated life in post-war North America. His appetite and enthusiasm for life soon found focus in his art and a distinctive talent was clearly identified and voiced by friends, family and teachers by age six.

Art became a growing preoccupation, ever increasing  through his early school years and a major subject by secondary school level.

Although born in Eastern Canada, very early after the war, the family moved to Northern Ontario and so, while “growing up” in Port Arthur and Fort William, (now collectively known as Thunder Bay), some of the strongest influences for subject matter came from nature there: the great Lake Superior, rugged Precambrian shield and the vast lake and river terrain of North Western Ontario.

These powerful surroundings imbedded lifelong loves and elements that would appear in his artworks throughout his life to the present.

Adulthood and his pursuit of further artistic development led to the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts, earned at the University of Calgary in 1972, Majoring in Fine Art Printmaking.

Professionally, Bruce has functioned  in the realms of: Signage design and illustration, commercial interior design, television studio graphics, advertising agency art works, architectural design / illustration and now has applied his talents and experience to the realm of digital computer based art / illustration / web site design and creation.

As well Bruce acted as Session Illustration Instructor for a College level Interior Design program for a number of years in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

These professional functions and activities led him to work in many city centers throughout Western Canada where his art vision expanded with knowledge and experience and where his Fine Art Works – drawings and paintings for the most part – were shown both privately and publicly and where works consistently sold.

  During recent years he has resided in Kelowna, British Columbia in the “Sunny Okanagan Valley” where his art work continues. He is a single man, a commercial level pilot and  has traveled to Africa, the Middle East and Britain.

Perhaps this supplementary information will explain to some extent the wide range of works presented, the subjects portrayed and the range of styles from illustrative to more ‘painterly’ impressions.