Casper Brindle’s paintings are explorations of the expressive possibilities of color, light and form. His palette ranges from spectacularly technicolor to subtly monochromatic, but ever present is the notion of center. Whether it’s a striking, hard-edge horizon line  running through the painting or a metallic bar floating on the surface, there is always a form that pulls us deeper into the imagery that Brindle presents. 

 

A contemporary disciple of the 1960s & 70s Light and Space generation, Brindle too is intrigued by the sensory experiences triggered by color and light. His expansive paintings shift and morph as the viewer walks past them, compelling them to pause and begin to explore the enigmatic spaces of perception. Brindle has referred to the process in which he creates his works as trance-like, and one can’t help but notice the meditative quality these paintings induce.

 

Brindle’s work has clear ties to the materiality of the Finish Fetish and Light and Space movements, and his masterful use of color invokes the emotive qualities of painters like Mark Rothko and Jules Olitski. However, Brindle synthesizes sensibilities from these disparate movements and creates something entirely his own. Brindle’s paintings envelop the viewer in expansive fields that not only delight the senses, but have the power to elicit deeper emotional responses. Utilizing tools and techniques adopted from Southern California’s distinctive car culture, Brindle applies fine layers of airbrushed sprays to create atmospheric gradations of subtle depth. In his early works, Brindle often embedded glowing tubes of LEDs in his paintings, but he has now managed to harness the effect of light solely with color.

 

Born in Toronto in 1968, Brindle’s family relocated to Los Angeles in 1974, and he has called the city home ever since. Growing up surfing the beaches of LA’s coast undoubtedly made a profound impact on the artist. Brindle started painting as a teen and in his early twenties, he apprenticed for the pioneering Light and Space artist, Eric Orr.

 

Casper Brindle’s work has been exhibited across the United States and internationally. His work is held in a number of prominent private and museum collections including the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation and the Morningside College Collection in Sioux City, IA. 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2018

Recent Works, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2017

Light and Space Divisible, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

 

2016

Aura and Strata, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles CA

 

2015

Chroma, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles CA

Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA

 

2013 

Strata,  Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco CA

Azimuth,  William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles CA

 

2012

Stratum,  William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles CA

Flawless Finish Fetish, Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA

 

2011

Birth to Sea Flight, Mint Gallery, Laguna Beach CA

 

2010

Light, Mint Gallery, Laguna Beach CA

 

2009 

Recent Work, Madsen Gallery, Los Angeles CA

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2017

Laguna Art Museum Auction, Laguna Beach, CA

Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA

 

2016

The Grinstein Artist Invitational, Samuel Freeman Gallery, Culver City, CA

Art 1307/Gallery, Milan, Italy 

Pulse Art Fair Miami (William Turner Gallery), Miami Beach, FL

Laguna Art Museum Auction, Laguna Beach, CA

Surfrider Foundation, Malibu, CA

Palm Springs Fine Art Fair (William Turner Gallery), Palm Springs, CA

Art 1307, Napoli, Italy

Unit London, London, England

 

2015

Pallete to Palate,  Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

Miami Projects Fair,  Art Basel Miami (Toomey-Tourell Gallery), Miami Beach, FL

Riverside City College, Riverside CA

This Is Not Surf Art, Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center,  San Clemente, CA

Palm Springs Fine Art Fair (William Turner Gallery), Palm Springs, CA

Mana, Art 1307, Napoli, Italy

Ethereal, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Art Silicon Valley, (Toomey Tourell Gallery), Silicon Valley,  CA

 

2014 

The Grinstein Artist Invitational(Rosamund Felsen Gallery) Santa Monica, CA

San Francisco Art Fair (Toomey Tourell Gallery), San Francisco, CA

Family Affairs, International Fine Arts Consortium, New York, NY

Brett Rubbico Gallery, Newport Beach CA

MOAH Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA

SHM Surfing Heritage Museum, Huntington, CA

 

2013

Mana, Meld Gallery, Ka, HI

Art1307, Napoli, Italy

Skin/Deep - Materiality, Sensuality and Paint, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Aqua Art Miami, Toomey-Tourell Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

Surfing Heritage Museum Benefit, Orange County CA

VFC Foundation, Venice, CA

Dallas Art Fair, Toomey-Tourell Gallery, Dallas, TX

 

2012

Artist and Architects, Joe’s, Venice CA

IMPACT Emotions of Color, Art Space, Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FL

Light and Space, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA

Surfrider Foundation, Marina Del Rey CA

SIMA, Laguna Beach, CA

Aqua Art Miami, Toomey-Tourell Gallery, Miami, FL

San Diego Art Fair, Susan Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA

 

2011

Gleam in the Young Bastard’s Eye, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles CA

New Work, Murphy and Dine Gallery, New York City, NY

Melissa Morgan Gallery, Palm Springs CA

SIMA, Laguna Beach, CA

Surfrider Foundation Benefit, Malibu, CA

Aqua Art Miami, Toomey-Tourell, Miami, FL

 

2010

SWELL, Metro Pictures Gallery, New York City, NY

Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach CA

Coming Out,SMAS South Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Heal The Bay Auction

 

2009

Darkwave Exhibition, The IGM Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA

SMAS, South Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

 

Select Public Collections

Hilton, Los Angeles, CA

Morningside College, Sioux City, IA

Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 

 

 

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