Bruce Brickman

My education and professional pursuits have all been in the field of art and design.  It is my passion.  I was given scholarships to the Academy of Art and Pasadena Art Center. I choose Academy of Art for 3 years and then left for Japan where I had a studio for seven years. I worked as an illustrator, painted corporate murals, as well as doing portraiture and design. Back here in the states I moved to New Mexico and did portraiture, and mural work. I got married and moved to Santa Fe for five years where I did design consulting for a builder in the second home market as well as painted commission works.

Nineteen years ago, I moved to Portland with my wife and border collies. I owned a sign business for five years doing logos, graphics, and animal portraits. A while after the 2008 market crashed I got my real estate license to assist my wife during the poor economy. I helped her and others with everything visual. I have been consulting on home interiors and trouble-shooting marketing issues for small businesses, which included color consultations, graphic design work from logo design, sign design and production to vehicle wraps as well as continue to paint commissions.

A few highlights of my career are doing conceptual designs for three bridges in Tokyo, showing my work at Tokyo’s National Museum of Art, being commissioned by Sony to paint a portrait of Mr. Akio Morita (aka Mr. Sony), co-conceptualize and draw images for stone carved statues at the entrance of Foxwoods Hotel Casino, and help conceptualize and draw Wynn Hotel Las Vegas Tree of Prosperity.