Festival of the Grapes Winner
October 3, 2010
First Place “Days Gone By” – Winter Orchard
Fall Art Show & Sale Brings Out the Best
“A hushed audience gathered around Merle Somervilles’ depiction of a snowy orchard in his giclee “Days Gone By” drawn into the photograph by its skillful use of perspective and light”.
Oliver Chronicle – October 20, 2010
Wine Trails Magazine
Fall 2009 Cover
Merle is really excited to be selected for this year’s Fall cover of Wine Trails Magazine. Hand-picked by the Editor, Merle’s “Country Cuisine” is an example of his “aged-sepia” technique that favours the 1930′s style of “Pictorialism”.
This artwork and more of Merle’s wine country images can be purchased through the secure www.wineartbc.com website.
Prints range from $35 to $300.
Hester Creek Estate Winery
November 29 – December 5, 2009
Join Merle at the Hester Creek Estate Winery to see some of his latest work, focusing on the viticulture and seasonal changes of the Okanagan. Visitors during Merle’s showing can enter to win a draw prize of an 11 x 14 art print valued at $100.00.
Wine shop hours are 10 am – 4 pm daily
Penticton Trade & Convention Centre
May 10, 2009
Several of Merle’s vineyard artworks can now be enjoyed by the thousands of guests engaged in events at the South Okanagan’s largest event location, the Penticton Trade & Convention Centre. Open to the public Monday through Friday, this permanent installation at the PTCC includes two of his photo-based artworks featuring imagery from Naramata wineries.
Festival Favourite selected to join the prestigious “Vineyard Collection”
November 19, 2008
Fine art studio and publisher, Fidelis Art Prints is pleased to announce the signing of Oliver resident and photo-based artist Merle Somerville. “Festival of the Grape” favourite in both 2007 and 2008, Merle’s work was honored as a “People’s Choice ’07″ and by his peers and the “People” again in 2008. Fidelis will be adding six of his artworks to its 2008/09 release which will join eighteen other new works by artists such as Alex Fong, Robyn Lake and Lauren Schnarr.
Merle’s unique “aged-sepia” technique offers a new artistic approach to the colours of the local landscape. His still life images are a reminder of the agricultural significance of the Okanagan and how fortunate we are to be living in such a bountiful region of this country. All Vineyard Collection artworks are printed using the giclée process and the finest in archival materials. Each artwork offers offers a wind range of product choice from affordable paper editions to truly collectable limited editions on canvas.
