Michael Hermesh
Original sculpture, acrylic paintings and drawings | Biography | Archive of sold work
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“The Dreamer”
10″ (H) – bronze
No. 3 of edition of 15
$4000
“The Weight of Light” (large)
26 1/2″ (H) – bronze
No. 1 of edition of 22
$7500
“The Flagpole Sitter”
15 x 19 1/2 – acrylic
$2800 in artist-supplied frame
“The Window Shopper”
17″ (H) – bronze
No. 1 of edition of 22
$4800
“Hidden City II”
10 x 36 1/2 – acrylic
$3400 in artist-supplied frame
“The Inherent Danger of Gardening II”
27 x 33 1/2 – acrylic
$4300 in artist-supplied frame
“The Tragedy”
8 x 10 1/2 – acrylic
$850 in artist-supplied frame
SOLD
“The Practical Mystic”
16″ diameter – acrylic
$1800 in artist-supplied frame
“Carrot Thieves in the Wibbleverse II”
11 x 15 – acrylic
$1725 in artist-supplied frame
SOLD
“The Hero’s Journey”
12 1/2 x 20 – acrylic
$1850 in artist-supplied frame
SOLD
“The Captain II”
11 x 15 – acrylic
$1725 in artist-supplied frame
“Serendipity”
25 1/2″ (H) x 15″ (L) – bronze
No. 1 of edition of 15
$5500
“A Passing Ship”
8 x 10 1/4 – acrylic
$850 in artist-supplied frame
“The Captain”
8 x 10 1/4 – acrylic
$850 in artist-supplied frame
“Perfect Symmetry on a Cloudless Day”
16″ (H) x 7″ (L) x 5″ (W) – bronze
No. 5 of edition of 15
$4200
“Shadows Are Portraits,
Portraits Are Shadows”
8 x 10 1/4 – acrylic
$850 in artist-supplied frame
“She Dreamt She Could Fly Again”
14″ (H) x 6 1/2″ (L) x 8″ (W) – bronze
No. 2 of edition of 15
$4000
“Gratuitous Bailee (With a Nod to Gerhard Richter)”
each 69″ (H) x 18″ (L) x 18″ (W) – bronze
No. 1 of edition of 15
$8500 as set
“The Weight of Light” (small)
8″ (H) – bronze
No. 1 of edition of 15
$1250
BRONZES BELOW: AVAILABLE TO ORDER (PHONE GALLERY AT 604.538.4452)
“Mocking Bird in an Orange Bush”
48″ (H) x 28 1/2″ (L) x 20 1/2″ (W) – bronze
Edition of 12
$17,500
“One True Thing” (small)
16″ (H) x 8″ (L) x 8″ (W) – bronze
Edition of 22 – $5500
“Flight School for Existentialists”
14 (H) x 14 (L) – bronze and feathers
Edition of 15
$4500
“The Dreamer”
11″ (H) x 14″ (L) x 7″ (W) – bronze
Edition of 15
$4000
“Life Without the Ferryman”
32 (H) x 11 (L) x 6 1/2 (W) – bronze
Edition of 15
$8000
“The Fortune Teller”
12 1/2″ (H) x 7 1/2″ (L) x 7″ (W) – bronze
Edition of 15
$5000
“One True Thing” (large)
30 (H) x 13 1/2 (L) – bronze
Edition of 15
$8000
“Pocketa – Pocketa – Pocketa”
29 (H) – bronze
Edition of 15
$5000
“The Tourist”
10 1/2 (H) x 6 1/2 (L) – bronze
Edition of 12
$3000
“The Undeniable Bravery of
Your Average Balloonist”
35″ (H) plus balloon – bronze
Edition of 9
$8000
“The Lawyers (Joyco, Joyco and Boyce Share
a Vision; Rolland, Gandalf and Peaches Do Not)”
18 (L) x 9 (H) x 9 (W) – bronze
Edition of 12
$11,500
“The Scar”
bronze sculpture – 19 1/2″ (H)
Edition of 12
$4700
“The Weight of Light”
26 1/2″ (H) – bronze
No. 1 of edition of 22
$7500
“The Flagpole Sitter”
15 x 19 1/2 – acrylic
$2800 in artist-supplied frame
“The Window Shopper”
17″ (H) – bronze
No. 1 of edition of 22
$4800
“Hidden City II”
10 x 36 1/2 – acrylic
$3400 in artist-supplied frame
“The Inherent Danger of Gardening II”
27 x 33 1/2 – acrylic
$4300 in artist-supplied frame
SOLD
“The Hero’s Journey”
12 1/2 x 20 – acrylic
$1850 in artist-supplied frame
SOLD
“The Practical Mystic”
16″ diameter – acrylic
$1800 in artist-supplied frame
“The Tragedy”
8 x 10 1/2 – acrylic
$850 in artist-supplied frame
“Carrot Thieves in the Wibbleverse II”
11 x 15 – acrylic
$1725 in artist-supplied frame
SOLD
“The Captain II”
11 x 15 – acrylic
$1725 in artist-supplied frame
“Serendipity”
25 1/2″ (H) x 15″ (L) – bronze
No. 1 of edition of 15
$5500
“A Passing Ship”
8 x 10 1/4 – acrylic
$850 in artist-supplied frame
“Shadows Are Portraits,
Portraits Are Shadows”
8 x 10 1/4 – acrylic
$850 in artist-supplied frame
“The Captain”
8 x 10 1/4 – acrylic
$850 in artist-supplied frame
“Perfect Symmetry on a Cloudless Day”
16″ (H) x 7″ (L) x 5″ (W)
No. 5 of edition of 12
“She Dreamt She Could Fly Again”
14″ (H) x 6 1/2″ (L) x 8″ (W) – bronze
No. 2 of edition of 15
$4000
“Gratuitous Bailee (With a Nod to Gerhard Richter)”
each 69″ (H) x 18″ (L) x 18″ (W) – bronze
No. 1 of edition of 15
$8500 as set
“The Weight of Light”
8″ (H) – bronze
No. 1 of edition of 15
$1250
“You Were Always on My Mind”
9 1/2 x 11 1/2 – acrylic
$1050 Unframed
“Travelling Man”
by Michael Hermesh
8 1/2 x 11 – acrylic
$900 in artist’s frame
“Nothing is Real”
by Michael Hermesh
8 1/2 x 11 – acrylic
$900 in artist’s frame
“North Pole Blues”
by Michael Hermesh
8 1/2 x 11 – acrylic
$900 in artist’s frame
BRONZES BELOW: AVAILABLE TO ORDER (PHONE GALLERY AT 604.538.4452)
“Mocking Bird in an Orange Bush”
48″ (H) x 28 1/2″ (L) x 20 1/2″ (W) – bronze
Edition of 12
$17,500
“One True Thing” (small)
by Michael Hermesh
16″ (H) x 8″ (L) x 8″ (W) – bronze
Edition of 22 – $5500
“Flight School for Existentialists”
14 (H) x 14 (L) – bronze and feathers
Edition of 15
$4500
“The Dreamer”
11″ (H) x 14″ (L) x 7″ (W) – bronze
Edition of 15
$4000
“Life Without the Ferryman”
32 (H) x 11 (L) x 6 1/2 (W) – bronze
Edition of 15
$8000
“The Fortune Teller”
12 1/2″ (H) x 7 1/2″ (L) x 7″ (W) – bronze
Edition of 15
$5000
“One True Thing” (large)
30 (H) x 13 1/2 (L) x 13 1/2 (W) – bronze
Edition of 15
$8000
“Pocketa – Pocketa – Pocketa”
29 (H) x 8 (L) – bronze
Edition of 15
$5000
“The Tourist”
10 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ x 6″ – bronze
$3000
“The Undeniable Bravery of
Your Average Balloonist”
35″ (H) plus balloon – bronze
Edition of 9
$8000
“The Lawyers (Joyco, Joyco and Boyce Share
a Vision; Rolland, Gandalf and Peaches Do Not)”
18 x 9 x 9 – bronze
No 1 of edition of 12
$11,500
“The Scar”
bronze sculpture – 19 1/2″ (H)
Edition of 12
$4700
MICHAEL HERMESH, born in 1955, studied art at Okanagan University College and the Vancouver School of Art (Emily Carr). He also has extensive experience in furniture design and ornamental carving. From his residence and self-constructed studio, he continues to indulge his passion for sculpting, as well as hold drawing workshops and sculpture courses. His primary interest is figurative sculpture.
Artist’s Statement:
My art is shaped by how I view the world. I do not believe that there is a state of grace in life. Life is life – it is dynamic and it is always a struggle. Integrity, awareness and dignity remain constants. These are elements in life that are unchanging and real that can be spent or thrown away. For me this is the mystic and beauty of life and the underlying subject matter of all my work.
The dramas are entirely fictitious but very real. Passions and dreams and stress really describe reality better than physical descriptions of objects.
I said in an earlier artist statement that truth is an orphan waiting to be named – once named it becomes a lie. While this may not stand up as a metaphor I do believe it has some validity. A piece of art is a symbol that as rendered by the artist in the act of creation and has it’s own unique meaning. It can have all the nuances, history, contradictions and flavours that a word can have when used. It is complete in itself. To over explain is like having to explain a joke – the spirit of the thing is gone.
Good art is narrative, (fighting words for some I know), where the outcome is indeterminate. It is not the job of an artist to tell people what to think, it is to see truth and to depict it.
The artist is a mystic, “a bell weather”, a shaman, and the guy with the measuring tape mapping out the jail cell. The artist’s viewpoint is vital to our greater sanity.
Group shows at White Rock Gallery:
– Dec 2021: Winter Group Event
– Dec 2019: Winter Small Works Show
– Dec 2018: The Season of Small Event
– Dec 2016: Winter Small Works Show
– Dec 2015: Winter Open House
– Dec 2014: Winter Open House
– Dec 2013: Winter Open House
– Dec 2012: Winter Open House
– Dec 2010: Winter Open House
Media: Arabella Magazine – Summer 2016
