Bruce Lee Webb

Artist Statement

Through discarded and found materials that once possessed former lives, Bruce Lee Webb gives life to forgotten objects and tells a never-ending story of the past through his timeless creations. Having grown up surrounded by his grandparent’s immense collection of esoteric literature, antique novels, folk art, and artifacts, Webb was left pervasively influenced to create. In 1935, Bruce’s grandparents Helen Harding and Edward Davis worked as missionaries in the mountains and jungles of Kerala, South India. For over 20 years, they collected an abundance of woodcarvings, textiles, and literature during their practice. Along the way, they had Bruce’s mother and eventually moved back to their hometown of Waxahachie, Texas.

In the early 1980s, Bruce got involved with the underground punk rock and skateboarding scene in Dallas, Texas. It was at this time he met his wife Julie, and cooperated with her on their cut-and-paste magazine “Bad Karma”. From the very beginning of his oeuvre, Webb was drawn to using discarded materials as his canvases. From book pages and sheet music to bed linens and seed bags, Webb repurposes forsaken pieces to express spiritual definitions, folklore, and occult and fraternal history. He aims to tell a story and preserve the forgotten lore of the past.

Bruce Lee Webb resides in Waxahachie, Texas with his wife Julie. The two own and operate “Webb Gallery”, a stationary time vessel of their past travels, artwork, antiques, books, and soul finds. Located in both Waxahachie and Fort Davis, Texas, the establishments preserve and share Bruce’s familial history and experiences with Southern folk and visionary artists of West Texas.

string of blue herring 2021

ink on canvas
55" x 47"

sold

hobo happy hour

ink on vintage mail bag
36" x 24"

sold

aurora texas

ink on vintage canvas
43" x 39"

$1200

blind willie johnson

ink on vintage seed bag
40" x 38"

sold

django reinhardt

ink on vintage seed bag
43" x 37"

sold

from here to eternity

ink on vintage seed bag
42" x 38"

sold

buckaroo

ink on vintage seed bag
38" x 36"

sold

railroader

ink on vintage seed bag
40" x 43"

$1500

texas alexander

ink on vintage seed bag
40" x 43"

sold

marfa lights

ink on vintage seed bag
40" x 43"

sold

rambler gambler

mixed media on paper
13.5" x 16"

sold

spur texas

mixed media on paper
18.5" x 15"

sold

happy new year

mixed media on paper
16.5" x 15"

sold

blind willie johnson

ink on canvas
60" x 40"

$1800 sold

dry glutch

vintage scrapbook page
26" x 22"

$600

hank the drifter

11" x 9.5"
ink on vintage paper

sold

hobo lingo

ink on vintage seed bag
44" x 40"

$1800

holy mountain

ink on vintage seed bag
44" x 40"

$2200

honky tonk

ink on vintage canvas
65" x 44"

$2500 sold

kuklcan's cypher key

ink on vintage seed bag
40" x 44"

sold

just horsing around on happy trails

ink on vintage canvas
40" x 60"

sold

meteorites

ink on vintage scrapbook page
26" x 22"

sold

mojo hand

ink on vintage ledger page
15.5" x 10.5"

sold

palmistry

ink on vintage mail bag
38" x 23"

$950

tin pan alley

ink on vintage sheet book page
11 x 9.5"

sold

viva tejas

ink on vintage seed bag
44" x 40"

sold

moon pines

ink on vintage seed bag
44" x 40"

$950