|
|
Manhattan Arts Gallery
|
|
Click
on image for larger view
|
Middle Skies
oil on canvas, 4 panels 30" x 10"
|
Oh Au Haut
oil on wood, 3 panels 15-3/4" x 47-1/4"
|
Just Here
oil on canvas, 24" x 36" |
Turquoise Island
mixed media on canvas, 30" x 40 |
Carribbean
mixed media on canvas, 24" x 30"
|
St.Barth in Green
mixed media on canvas, 30" x 40"
|
Artist Profile
Patrick Bancel was born in 1963 under the light of Provence in the South of
France and has been painting since he was five years old. As a leading artist in trompe l'oeil, his work goes beyond that genre and also surpasses photorealism and hyper-realism. Many of his paintings incorporate three dimensional tactile surfaces in addition to trompe l'oeil painting techniques to tease the viewer’s eyes and minds.
Bancel has had numerous exhibitions in France and the U.S. including those at the National Arts Club, New York, NY. His work has been highly praised in The New York Times and other leading publications. His work is owned by many private collectors world-wide including Mr. Ravanas, Excecutive Vice President of National French Television Channel M6.
Patrick's painting "Saint Tropez in
Red" was
accepted in one of
the top 5 Museum in Paris: The National
Museum de la Marine's exhibition December
7- January 17, 2008. He will have a
one-person exhibition at Gallery Eric
Chesnais "Ciel et Bateaux" in Alencon,
Normandie, France, February 12-March 29,
2008. He recently received the President's
Award 1st Prize in the New York National Arts
Club, New York NY US for the Annual Online
Members Exhibition.
He will have one large painting titled "New
York", (48x72 inches) displayed
at the 109th Exhibiting Artist Members' Show
at the New York National Arts
Club, from January 4-19, 2008.
For more than twenty years Patrick Bancel has been working with the most recognized European and American interior designers, such as Frederic Mechiche in France and Michael Simon in New York. He has painted numerous trompe l'oeil and murals for renowned clients in more than 23 countries.
Following the classic, formal approach to painting he began by copying master painters such as the Dutch artists, in addition to Michelangelo, Renoir, Monet, Derain, Magritte, and Rothko, among others. He continuously returned to painting en plein air which helped him to achieve an unerring realistic accuracy of his subjects.
He learned trompe l'oeil at Van Der Kelen Superior Painting Institute in Brussels. Upon graduation, Patrick was awarded the Medal and Jury's distinction and started working as the Assistant Director of the Institute. He also studied at the Ateliers des Beaux Arts de Paris in France.
The artist says, "The beauty of the world I have been seeing gives me the chance to observe the light in many ways. The practice of martial arts and meditation such as yoga, kung fu and tai-chi have prepared me to share some wisdom through my art. Exceptional graceful moments and perceptiveness have convinced me to work on light.”
Patrick's work was selected for The 108th artists members exhibition at the New York National Arts Club in 2007. The jury awarded him with an Honorable Mention for the painting Newport from his Boat series. He is currently preparing a World Tour Show to bring his unique style of painting to wide audiences.
Praise for Patrick Bancel
"It is so lifelike, so convincingly three dimensional, you have to touch it to adjust your eyes ... startling forgeries..."
Penelope Green, The New York Times
"The National Arts Club values Mr. Bancel as a master in trompe l'oeil techniques. He is a unique artist."
Aldon James, President of New York’s National Arts Club
"Patrick’s paintings are highly proficient and awe-inspiring, reflecting his serious studies of the Masters. His sky paintings are serene, expansive, and meditative. His trompe l'oeil paintings are modern, narrative and provocative."
Renée Phillips, Director of Manhattan Arts International
"He divines the beauty, has premonitions about it, makes it born, amplifies it.
He is a magician. He is a samurai of expression, a calligrapher of ideas."
Claude Helguers, Art critic
"Trompe l'oeil artist Patrick Bancel's real aim is not to fool but to please."
Eric Feil, "Friendly Faux", New York Space magazine
"Amazing results. Impossible for non well-informed eyes to see if it's real
or not."
Marie de Tournemire, International Edition of Figaro France-Amerique
|
|
