Bruce Wolfe is a native Californian, having resided in Northern California nearly all his life. Adept in oils as well as lost-wax bronze, he has received commissions to do busts and figurative portraits of many notables.Wolfe studied art at San Jose State University and the Art Institute of San Francisco. He has also studied with Bettina Steinke and Bruno Lucchesi.
Wolfe has earned numerous honors for his work, including a Clio, Endowment of Arts Federal Achievement Award, First Place at the Art of the Portrait Conference 2001, a Joseph Henniger Award, Zellerbach and Foster & Kleiser Awards.