"I strive to evoke emotion in the sense of 'place,' and hope to convey a rich feeling of nostalgia for viewers by inspiring them to pay attention to the simple beauties of life."

"I consciously use harmony, balance, repetition, and spontaneity as the anchors of my compositions. Each work is carefully planned and under gridded with age-old proportions of the golden mean and root divisions."

"Every opportunity is taken to create shapes, I imagine it as a carving of positives and negatives. I use a layering of color, the 'Building of Color'; as I call it. It gives me the ability to let the under painting do the work. Under painting sets the tone of each painting and each layer contributes to the final melding. I use a careful balance of warm and cool colors along with soft and hard edges. It is like walking a tight rope to incorporate each of these elements into every subject."

"I don't believe there should be just one approach to my work. I am thrilled when anything is well crafted and thought out. I am inspired by impressionism, tonalism, realism and luminosity. I draw on each for their own individual merits. When I choose a subject, it becomes a part of me and I become a part of it, you could say that I adopt it. That's my little secret! Each piece, especially the landscapes, are hard to part with because of the mental and emotional effort given to each."

"My respect runs deep for many great artists who have shaped the world for good through their artistic contributions. Admiration and influence have come from many: Dewing, Sargent, Wyeth, Parish, Zorn, Inness and a wonderful friend and mentor Ralph Barksdale. My parents, wife and children have been vast wells of support and have strengthened my resolve when the road of learning has had some bumps. My experiences and development as an illustrator have been invaluable in the sense that my skills have been developed through hard work, training, experience and an ever growing appreciation of art."

"My hope is to inspire others through my art and to participate in reminding mankind that the world can be good if we learn to appreciate it. I am inspired by the ordinary and moved by the extraordinary and feel that both are equal in beauty if careful attention is paid to both. I thank God for his gifts to me and the ability to share them with others."

Bruce has been featured at ten Arts for the Parks Top 100 and is exclusively represented by Meyer Gallery

Source: Kent Whipple, Art Professional

Bruce Cheever was born in Utah in 1958 and spent much of his youth drawing and painting. At an early age his mother recognized his talents and provided opportunities to help him develop his talents and enrolled him in adult art classes when he was only eleven years old. Cheever entered Brigham Young University in 1977 and pursued degrees in Industrial Arts and Design Technology. He was soon recognized by a professor as a talented draftsman and illustrator. He began his artistic career as an illustrator and built a strong foundation for his future as a painter.

He now lives on wooded mountain acreage in Woodland Hills, Utah and considers himself fortunate to view the world in an artistic way. He says, "When you are born with a mind that is always computing what you see in an artistic manner, you had better learn to use it to your advantage and recognize the wonderful benefit that it is."

Bruce Cheever enjoys painting a variety of subjects, but particularly loves the landscape. Vern Swanson, Director of the Springville Museum of Art states, "The result of Bruce's work is painstaking precision. He is a Western Americana artist with strong spatial conceptions and his lighting style delicately prompts collective remembrances of Utah's distinctive landscape."

Cheever loves reading about art and artists and visits museums as often as possible. He says, "I am inspired by impressionism, tonalism, realism and luminosity. . . My hope is to inspire others through my art and to participate in reminding mankind that the world can be good if we learn to appreciate it."

He has been awarded the Top 100 Award for Excellence at the annual Arts for the Parks and has exhibited work at the National Wildlife Museum in Jackson, WY. His work has also been featured in the fine art publications, "Art of the West" and "Southwest Art".