Hank Bristol
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Part of our Permanent Collection - Showing July 1st - August 31st.
Hank Bristol – Watercolors
Hank is a long-time resident of Rocky Hill moving here after college in 1992. Growing up, he spent summers at the Jersey shore – influenced by family elders who were proficient in wooden boats, sailing and seamanship. His later schooling continued in Newport, Rhode island where the geology became more pronounced and both sea and sailing more dramatic than the flat sands of the New Jersey barrier islands.
For college, he went north to the Maine coast. At Bowdoin he majored in both Studio Art and Economics. The Art was primarily photography at that time, with the composition and rich values of black and white photography. The Bowdoin Museum of Art enhanced his education with its emerging photography collection. Surrounded by the rocky coastline and the allure of boatyards, he incorporated these subjects into his
memory and visual library.
Watercolor, Hank’s primary medium, emerged later, but has become a lifelong companion. His attention to draftsmanship and drawing excellence were refined in graduate architectural studies at the University of Virginia and the Veneto of Italy.
His expressive design builds from a base of clear drawing from which emerges his passion to express strong values, often through multiples glazes. His work has recently been acknowledged by Citation from the NJ Senate. His past shows include the Fox Island Gallery, North Haven, ME, the Nassau Club of Princeton, Phillip’s Mill, Stockton, NJ, the Garden State Watercolor Society, the Princeton Present Day Club, the Pennington School and Bowdoin College, ME.
Hank Bristol
P. O. Box 619
Rocky Hill, NJ
08553 – 0619
Instagram: hankbristol.art
'Morning Falls' - 14" x 14"
'Shore Break' - 18" x 14"
'Lone Sunset' - 20" x 23"
'Three Houses (after Hopper)' - 19.5" x 23.5"
'Spring Fog"' - 20" x 26"