Head in the Clouds

Painting full-time in Minneapolis for nearly 40 years, Bruce Nygren has spent decades making the unbelievable believable.  He wows viewers with spectacular scenes, from giant ducks floating on the high seas to fully furnished houses floating over storm swept seas to giant turtles roaming the landscape with skyscrapers growing from their shells.  This exhibit will showcase his newest paintings that dazzle with the same magical feel.  For Nygren, imagination and curiosity about the world come together to create these fantastical pieces and transport the viewer to a wholly new world. 
  
Although commonly described as such, Bruce does not put himself in the league of Surrealist painters.  When asked to describe his paintings, he explained "I'm not a Surrealist, so no explanation is needed.  The impact for me and the viewer would be diluted and polluted by some symbolic or political explanation.  I simply paint what and how I like.  The subject for my fantasy paintings comes from curiosity as much as from my imagination."  This curiosity has led him to a lifelong career of creating canvas worlds where the impossible is not only possible, but somehow probable. 

Fox Tax is also proud to have Matthew Nygren show his art alongside his father's for the first time in Minneapolis.  Matthew has been creating his artwork for 14 years  and is honored to be showing his art with his father, Bruce.  For Matthew, life is his inspiration for his paintings.
 
The exhibition will be on display from October 28 to December 29, 2016. 

Bruce's band will also be playing at the opening.