Bruce Wolfe’s career in sculpture spans forty years of receiving commissions to do busts and figurative portraits of many notable personalities. He is adept in both oils and clay and has taught figure painting as well as sculpture in several of his native Northern California art schools.

His sculptural works and commissions are numerous and include:

  • Unveiled at the Founder’s Plaza of the Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium July 2010, was the 9’8” statue of sports innovative pioneer, Lamar Hunt Two additional statues were place at the Frisco, Texas Stadium and at the Columbus, Ohio Soccer Stadium. The pose of Mr. Hunt is casual, with his shirtsleeves rolled up as he enjoyed sporting events.
     

  • Spring 2009, an 8’4” standing sculpture of Barbara Jordan was unveiled at the University of Texas in Austin. Two granite stelae on which quotes from her speeches are carved surround it. Ms. Jordan was a much-loved teacher at the University in her post-political life.
     

  • A 5’8” seated figure of Margaret Thatcher was unveiled at Hillsdale University in Michigan. Mr. Wolfe had the great privilege of working with Mrs. Thatcher before sculpting the bronze statue.
     

  • A 9’ illuminated sculpture of former Mayor Illus Davis of Kansas City, Missouri. The standing bronze figure is located in the Civic Center Park between the Mayor’s office and the Justice Department.
     

  • The Old Mission in Santa Barbara, California has four 7’ figures done by Mr. Wolfe in their historic chapel niches; St. Clare, St. Francis, Christ and Mary Magdalene, plus a 6’ bronze Damiano Cross.
     

  • The 1.2 heroic-sized sculpture of Barbara Jordan in the Austin, Texas, airport was well received at the 2002 unveiling. Mr. Wolfe was selected to do the sculpture after a comprehensive artist selection process. He was the chosen sculptor and very honored to do the portrait of Ms. Jordan, a Texan heroine.
     

  • Mr. Wolfe has two sculptures at Michigan State University, One bronze is of the walking figure of John Hannah, a President of the University for several decades and one is of Dr. Jim Potchen for the new Radiology building.
     

  • There are three Wolfe sculptures at Stanford University; former Secretary of State, George Shultz, Norman Shumway, the heart transplant pioneer and former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
     

  • St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California, has a heroic sized bronze figure of John Baptist De La Salle as the centerpiece of the college. On campus are also a bronze of St. Anne and St. Mary for the chapel and a life-size bronze of St. Jude. On campus are also bronze portraits and paintings done by Mr. Wolfe.
     

  • The San Francisco Opera House has two bas-reliefs done in bronze of former Opera directors Kurt Adler and Lotfi Mansouri. The New Asian Art Museum also has a bronze portrait bust done by Mr. Wolfe.
     

  • An 8’ bronze statue of T. Jack Foster, the founder of Foster City, California is placed in front of the Foster City Hall.
     

  • A bronze bust of Martha Ingram is in the new Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Wolfe is currently working on a portrait of Governor Phillip Bredesen of Tennessee.