Bruce Hecksel Art Exhibit Opening –WAC
Sunday, September 21 | 1:00-4:00Winona Arts Center
228 E 5th St, Winona
The Winona Arts Center (228 E 5th St) is excited to showcase The Landscape of Guitar: Paintings by Bruce Hecksel on Sunday, September 21 from 1:00-4:00pm. His show will run through October 18. For more information about the Winona Arts Center, please see our website (winonaarts.org)
Terra Guitarra® (Landscape of Guitar) is the original painting style of Bruce Hecksel. Bruce’s stained-glass like, vibrant, highly textured style is acrylic paint on canvas & board using a combination of dry brushing, stippling, impasto, smudging among other techniques. “Composing paintings with guitar trees, mountains, rivers, lakes, clouds, birds, I’m suggesting that all of our reality has a voice. The whole world is literally singing. Once we realize this we then choose to sing in harmony with it or make up our own song.”
Bruce was a professional guitarist who performed over 5,000 concerts in his duo Patchouli & Terra Guitarra. Bruce passed away peacefully July 28, 2025 from stroke complications after a 3 year battle with cancer. He was always generous with his joy and light and you can see and feel that in each of these featured Landscape of Guitar paintings in this special posthumous exhibit. In place of an artist’s talk, Bruce’s beloved partner Julie Patchouli will share a few words in his honor and present the animation of The Landscape of Guitar.
