Merv Brandel (1948 – 2020)
Original oil paintings | Biography | Archive of sold work
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“Alpine View”
11 x 14 – oil
$1420 Unframed
SOLD
“August Elm”
12 x 16 – oil
$1575 Unframed
“Mission Farm”
18 x 24 – oil
$2910 Unframed
“The Rockies”
12 x 12 – oil
$1445 Unframed
“Peeling Paint”
24 x 30 – oil
$4175 Unframed
“Snow Geese”
12 x 16 – oil
$1575 Unframed
“Surf Rider”
20 x 24 – oil
$2995 Unframed
“Sproat River”
24 x 30 – oil
$4175 Unframed
“Wedgeport Heritage”
16 x 20 – oil
$2525 Unframed
“Paradise Meadows”
12 x 16 – oil
$1575 Unframed
“Musical Bumps”
12 x 24 – oil
$2440 Unframed
“Pearl Bay”
16 x 20 – oil
$2525 Unframed
SOLD
“Alberni Valley”
16 x 20 – oil
$2525 Unframed
“Spawning Season”
16 x 20 – oil
$2525 Unframed
SOLD
“Unexpected Treasure”
24 x 48 – oil
$5500 (artwork continues onto
edges of wide canvas wrap)
“Greenfield Farm”
18 x 24 – oil
$2910 Unframed
“Golden Valley”
16 x 20 – oil
$2525 Unframed
“A Sunday in September”
16 x 16 – oil
$2360 Unframed
SOLD
“Journey’s End”
18 x 24 – oil
$2910 Unframed
“Tidal Ponds”
12 x 16 – oil
$1575 Unframed
“Vacation”
24 x 48 – oil
$5500 (artwork continues onto
edges of wide canvas wrap)
“Off the Beaten Path”
24 x 30 – oil
$4175 Unframed
“Tidal Streams”
16 x 20 – oil
$2525 Unframed
“The White House”
8 x 10 – oil
$900 Unframed
“North Shore”
20 x 30 – oil
$3700 Unframed
“Chilly Waters”
8 x 10 – oil
$900 Unframed
“The Red Lamp”
36 x 36 – oil
$6990 Unframed
“Searching”
24 x 36 – oil
$4925 (artwork continues onto
edges of wide canvas wrap)
SOLD
“September Drought”
9 x 12 – oil
$1025 Unframed
“Five Red Buoys”
9 x 12 – oil
$1025 Unframed
“Pettinger Point”
36 x 48 – oil
$8625 (artwork continues onto
edges of wide canvas wrap)
“Receding Waters”
8 x 10 – oil
$900 Unframed
“White Water”
12 x 16 – oil
$1575 Unframed
“Estuary Trail”
8 x 10 – oil
$900 Unframed
SOLD
“Morning Mist”
9 x 12 – oil
$1025 Unframed
“First Day of Spring”
30 x 30 – oil
$5075 (artwork continues onto
edges of wide canvas wrap)
“The Summer House”
16 x 20 – oil
$2525 Unframed
“Heron Beach”
16 x 20 – oil
$2525 Unframed
Merv Brandel (1948 – Oct 2020): Merv’s journey has come to an end five years after he received a serious cancer diagnosis. Throughout those five years he carried on, undeterred, in his studio and with his life. The universally restorative spirit of his paintings continued to shine through. The one big change after his diagnosis, as recounted by his wife Dawne in his newspaper obituary, was that this motorcycle-loving man finally realized his dream of buying a Harley.
We were fortunate to have seen Merv one last time in the summer of 2020 when he and Dawne visited the gallery just prior to a surgery. He looked remarkably hale, despite his understandable worries about the procedure. This kind person was always a joy to work with over the years and he will be missed. Our sincere condolences to Dawne and family.
MERV BRANDEL was born in Kelowna, British Columbia in 1948. He received formal training in commercial art and operated a business in that field for 11 years, specializing in illustrations for architects and developers. He started painting full-time in 1984. He is active in the arts community and has been featured in several publications, most recently in Arabella Magazine in 2012.
Artist’s Statement:
“My inspiration to paint comes from everything around me and there is no limit to the possibilities. I take time to study the important visual things about the subject such as the direction of light, the colours, the time of year and the power of nature on the subject. I try not to limit myself to a particular subject matter. I travel around the countryside sketching and photographing interesting places and objects and then go back to my studio with all this information and start painting.
”The thing I love most about painting is the process, which includes a constant searching and learning. It’s also the emotional connection between the artist and the viewer that I find most rewarding. I try to depict whatever is presented and observed and use my abilities to make the viewer see what I saw. I want the work to express my ideas, emotions and moods. I learn something new about painting almost every day.”
Group events at White Rock Gallery
– Dec 2019: Winter Small Works
– Dec 2018: The Season of Small
– Dec 2017: Winter Small Works
– Dec 2016: Winter Small Works
– Dec 2015: Winter Small Works
– Dec 2014: Winter Small Works
– Dec 2013: Winter Small Works
