My guest on this week’s episode of The True North Show is Chris Brandell who is an incredible and inspiring intuitive abstract artist who does everything with love. Her pieces are an ever-evolving interpretation of her connection with something greater. Chris shares with us how she had to learn to quieten her logical brain and step fully into a creative space that was completely intuitive while learning how to bring herself back to presence and being rounded. Everything she does is always with love and it is evident throughout our conversation.
Bio:
Chris Brandell is an intuitive abstract artist whose minimalist compositions are intimate expressions of her interactions with the natural world. Exploring the dynamic interplay between presence, intuition and quiet space, her limited palette and the texture and marks she makes are informed by the things she loves found near her studio: shells, driftwood, pieces of concrete, and wire and more.
Chris also feels the energy connected to words, quotes and poetry, music and lyrics. She represents these physical and heart-felt inspirations abstractly with oil paint and a variety of drawing media on large-scale two-dimensional surfaces. Chris emphasizes the authenticity of intuition over planning—believing that a painting’s truth lies in its lived discovery, not in the mind’s design. Her paintings usually start with an organic drawing which may end up being the focus of the composition or just the foundation for something new. This method prioritizes negative space, letting it speak as powerfully as marks. She treats sparsity not as emptiness, but as meaningful pauses full of potential where her work invites viewers to reflect and insert their own interpretations into the negative space.
Fundamentally she paints about all types of love: spiritual, romantic, platonic and self-love. She is interested in the idea that Divine perfection – essentially the ultimate form of love – exists in every aspect of life. Her mantra is “do what you love and forget the rest” and this is the truth of Chris’ work: no matter where it takes her, it is always about love.
Through her work, Chris aims to craft spaces that channel love and peace. Born and raised in New Rochelle, New York, Chris’ work continues to evolve in her studio in Marco Island, Florida. After a successful career as a business executive and part-time artist, she has been focused on painting full time since early 2019.
Her paintings can be found in private and corporate collections including that of Southern Methodist University, Phi Beta Phi in Texas, and The Silva & Edge Buildings in Maryland. She is represented by Gardner Colby Gallery, Huff Harrington Fine Art, Artful Sol Gallery and Design Supply Gallery. These notable galleries, and others, have praised her paintings for their meditative presence and quiet elegance.
In sum, Chris Brandell’s artistic journey is a poetic testament to following one’s inner call: from corporate precision to the meditative freedom of abstract painting, her art is a quiet dialogue between presence and absence—and a call to find beauty and love in simplicity.
Website: https://www.chrisbrandell.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisbrandell
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