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American painter Patrick Farrell illustrates a natural talent that has developed without formal art trraining of any kind. His exploration of the demanding style of painting known as Magic-Realism has earned him a noteworthy place among leading painters. Throughout his career he has determinedly avoided the vogues and excesses of the art world mainstream and has won acclaim for his still-life and landscape oil paintings. Recent recognition from his peers includes the 1994 & 1997 John Young-Hunter Memorial Award honoring his work in the 81st and 84th Allied Artists of America Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York City.
Farrell has been exhibiting his work for over twenty-five years, resulting in his having had over twenty-five solo exhibitions and being included in countless group exhibitions internationally. His works can be found in public and corporate collections throughout the United States and numberous private collections internationally. Farrell is an Elected Artist Member of the Allied Artists of America, Inc., New York City and he is included in Who's Who in American Art - Millennium Edition, 1999/2000. The self-employed painter lives and maintains his studio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Art critic, Welch D. Everman, stated in the New Art Examiner: "Patrick Farrell is a master of illusion, a super-realist whose Trompe l'Oeil style seems to deny the obvious fact that his works are are 'really' spots of paint on canvas. Farrell's use of illusion is brilliant, so brilliant in fact that he can afford to play illusionistic games with the viewer."
James M. Auer, art critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote: "Ever the perfectionist, [Farrell] has achieved wonders with Bartlett pears, cherries, apples and lemons. He has become the Jonh Singer Sargent of gleaming citrus fruit ... similarly accomplished are his sun-struct Barbizon-style landscapes..."
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