Bradford Brenner

Born June 9th, 1959 in New York City, NY to art collector parents. Bradford Brenner has been a professional artist for the last 35 years.  His work has been featured in numerous galleries, museums and art publications. His paintings can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the world. Brenner’s gallery and studio is located on the historic Plaza in Healdsburg, CA. 

Brenner received his education from both University of California, Santa Barbara and San Diego State University. Collectors are drawn to the freedom and looseness that represent his unique style and highly spontaneous, multi-layered works.

Art, for me, is about creating a feeling that can be shared. It's about relationships. The relationship between light and dark, color and non-color, warm and cool, form and formless.

Most importantly, art is about the relationship between the viewer and the painting.

There is a universal feeling that I try to get to in each piece and use that feeling or emotion as the barometer to know when to put the brushes down. There is an interconnectedness between disparate components of a work of art, the way there is an interconnectedness between individuals, that in turn, binds them to something greater than themselves.

 

Representation:

  • The Artmakery, Scottsdale, AZ

  • A Gallery, Palm Desert, CA

  • Lori Austin Gallery, Sebastopol, CA

  • Corporate Artworks, Chicago, IL

  • Lund Fine Art, Park City, UT

  • Rebel Rebel, Franklin, TN

Selected Collections:

  • Arizona Country Club, Phoenix, AZ

  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Hot Springs, AZ

  • Camelot Homes, Scottsdale, AZ

  • Pinnacle Investment Advisors, Scottsdale, AZ

  • Total Transit, Inc., Phoenix, AZ

  • Monterey Homes, Scottsdale, AZ

  • Coople, Boehm and Murphy P.C., Phoenix, AZ

  • Bonn & Wilkins, Phoenix, AZ

  • Denzien Homes, San Diego, CA

  • Joe & Jennifer Montana, San Francisco, CA  

  • Santa Clara Law University, Santa Clara, CA

  • Peter Krause & Lauren Graham, Los Angeles, CA 

  • Mayacama Country Club, Windsor, CA

  • Two Thirty-Five Luxury Suites, Healdsburg, CA 

  • Madison Country, Palm Desert, CA

  • Body Wise International, Carlsbad, CA

  • Décor and Style Magazine, San Diego, CA

  • Bast/Wright Interiors, San Diego, CA

  • Pet People, Inc., San Diego, CA

  • Commercial Capital Bank, Irvine, CA

  • Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Los Angeles, CA 

  • NN Jaeschke, Inc., San Diego, CA

  • Peterbuilt Corporation, San Diego, CA

  • La Quinta Country Club, Los Angeles, CA

  • The Lodge at Vail, Vail, CO

  • Maui Coffee Company, Maui, HI

  • McDonalds Corporation, Chicago, IL

  • American Home, Inc., Tokyo, Japan

  • Summit Financial, Nashville, TN

  • Mill District, Healdsburg, CA

Affiliations:

  • Juried member of San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild & Healdsburg Center for the Arts 

Charities Donated to:

  • ARTS (A Reason to Survive – artsurvive.org)

  • Childhelp USA

  • Children’s Hospital, San Diego

  • CARE

  • Helen Woodward Animal Care Center

  • Friends of County Animal Shelters (FOCAS)

  • CASA

  • Farm to Pantry

  • Art for Life (HIV prevention & care services)

  • The Healthcare Foundation

  • Ross Valley Women’s League

  • Corazon (Event of the Heart)

  • Maui Relief Fund

  • EAHS Foundation

  • Corazon Foundation

Local Schools Donated to:

  • The Healdsburg School, Healdsburg, CA

  • Live Oak Preschool, Healdsburg, CA

  • St. John the Baptist Catholic School, Healdsburg, CA

  • Sonoma Country Day, Santa Rosa, CA

  • Healdsburg Charter, Healdsburg, CA

  • Summer Field, Santa Rosa, CA

  • Alexander Valley School, Healdsburg, CA

Featured Publications:

  • San Diego Home and Garden

  • Décor and Style

  • Art Scene

  • South Coast Style

  • Art Business News

Selected Recent Exhibitions:

2019-Current

  • The Society Tasting Room, Healdsburg, CA

  • CraftWork, Healdsburg, CA

  • Grand Cru, Windsor, CA

  • La Crema Tasting Room, Healdsburg, CA

  • The Hyatt Regency, Santa Rosa, CA

  • Brush Salon, Healdsburg, CA

2018

  • Wine Guerrilla Tasting Room, Forestville, CA

  • Sutter Luxury Condos, San Francisco, CA

  • Abaco Wines, Miami, FL

2012

  • Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA

2010-2011

  • Celebration of Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ  

Selected Bibliography:

Phoenix Home and Garden Magazine. April 2019: Personality Perfected.

Healdsburg Tribune. May 2018: Humanity First: Raising money for education through art.

Stark Insider. March 2017: The Sonoma Artist That Everyone Knowns: Bradford Brenner.

American Art Collector. November 2007: Painting with Feeling – Bradford Brenner. 

Museums and Galleries Atlanta. September/October 2006: Distinctive Dimensions: The varied canvases of Bradford Brenner.

Ranch and Coast. November 2004: The Big Picture with Bradford Brenner.

Cedros Review. Winter 1999: The Art of Life: An Interview with Bradford Brenner.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 1999: Brenner’s women exude hip, contemporary edge.

Sights on Art San Diego. January 1998: Cover story on Bradford Brenner. 

The Desert Sun. December 1997: Extraordinary beauty blooms in painter’s ordinary subjects. 

Gallery News. August 1994: Gym sights and sounds.

Carmel Valley News. May 1993: Bradford Brenner breathes new life into brushes.