Bruce Petrie is a lifelong, versatile visual artist with paintings in many collections and a large portfolio of published work and illustrations. Believing art has the power to connect all people, he is an arts leader, vice president of the Cincinnati Art Museum, a medal-winning member of Oil Painters of America, a Cincinnati Art Club signature member and a Viewpoint show multiple award-winner. A lawyer and constitutional law professor, he uses American art history to illuminate constitutional principles.

Art

-Lifelong drawing

-Early career as freelance illustrator

-Editorial cartoonist for magazines and newspapers

-10,000+ hours of outdoor painting across U.S. and abroad

-Continuing education at Cincinnati Art Academy

-Mentored by master painter Thomas Buechner (CEO Steuben Glass, Director Brooklyn Museum of Art)

-Founding Member, Greenacres Artist Guild

-Member and medalist, Oil Painters of America

-Cincinnati Art Club: Signature Member

Law

-Partner, Graydon

-Service on Executive Committee for 10 years

Community

-Board of Trustees and Officer, Cincinnati Art Museum

-Past President, Cincinnati Parks Foundation

-Past President, Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation

-Recreational trails advocate/Ohio River Way Board of Trustees

Teaching

-Professor of Constitutional Law, Miami University and University of Cincinnati

Education

-JD, Northwestern Law School

-Editorial Board, Northwestern Law Review

-Federal Judicial Law Clerk, Hon. John F. Grady, USDC Illinois

-Brown University (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Honors/American History)

-Studied with American Historians Gordon Wood, James Patterson, John Thomas