About Bruce Watson

I make sculptures for people who want to fill space in their homes with something intriguing and sophisticated, but accessible. I grew up with designer mobiles in my family home, so I never thought of them as decorative or as amusements for infants. They were fascinating sculptural objects built carefully around balance, movement, and colour, and that understanding has stayed with me as an artist.

My take on mobiles might feel unfamiliar. The materials aren’t what you expect, and the forms don’t line up with the usual idea of a mobile, which is entirely the point: these objects are unique pieces of art.

The challenge that keeps me so engaged with these sculptures is that their form shifts continuously. Shapes drift close, then separate. Colours overlap and change "harmony". The empty space between elements becomes as active as the objects themselves. That slow shift is really the experience that a mobile offers.

When I begin a piece, I spend time playing with materials, testing how things connect and how they hang, and a design emerges from the process. Most of the work is in small adjustments, getting the balance right, finding the position where each element sits comfortably with the others. I stop when the whole thing feels settled, when nothing seems out of place or working against the rest.

I’ve been exhibiting my mobiles and other sculptures for many years, including recent shows at Ruberto Ostberg Gallery and with Ghost Stories YYC, and I continue to develop new pieces through ongoing gallery work.