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Our Mission: To integrate the
arts into the fabric of
The Art & Ale
Window
artwork by
Dan Bru
August
13 - Sep 24
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Duck on Bike |
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Astronaut Robot |
Biotron
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Undersea Robot |
Frankenstein Mask |
Mechagodzilla Etsy
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Raydeen
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Roddy |
Smoking Gun RFA |
Trap-Jaw |
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Each
Signed/Numbered Print is $100
and can be purchased through L/A Arts (207) 782-7228 |
About Dan Bru
Dan Bru was born on August
1, 1972 in Mobile, Alabama where he grew up in a normal family living a
typical American suburban lifestyle. He was interested in art at an
early age, and would re-create the scenes he saw in the popular comic
books of the time with his pencils and crayons.
Desiring to avoid the
typical life of the starving artist, he enrolled at the University of
South Alabama in 1996 to pursue a degree in Graphic Design. Upon
graduation, he found that employment as a full time Graphic Designer
wasn't quite as easy to procure as his professors had led him to
believe. Always one to find a creative solution, he decided to go into
business for himself by creating and marketing action figures based on
the popular Mego toy line of the 1970's and early 80's. He had a
successful three-year run with his toy venture until DC Comics, perhaps
feeling threatened by his improvements on their various characters,
bullied Dan into closing down his toy shop.
He then gained employment
as a professional Graphic Designer for the next few years, but slowly
realized in that time that he was not completely fulfilled creating art
for other people, nor did he enjoy always being told what to do,
artistically speaking of course. Upon leaving his previous job, he had
an epiphany; "if you spend more than half of your life working, it
should be spent doing work that you actually enjoy." At that point, Dan
started the 3-D Monster blog and art store - an outlet for his own
unusual interests and art. Since it's beginning last year, Dan has
amassed a devoted online following, has added more than 100 new art
pieces to his repertoire and has sold his art all over the world. He has
his first major gallery appearance coming up this November as part of
the "Oh my Skull" show at The Parlor Gallery in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Currently, Dan lives in
West Paris, Maine with his wife of 12 years, his two boys and his dog.
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