Daniel Vincent, began his artistic journey with training in Graphic Arts and Illustration at the École Professionnelle d'Art commercial and at the Collège Ahuntsic. It was in 1985, after several years of self led and rich, creative experimentation, that he began to paint. His work reveals the exploration of a variety of forms, colours and textures and is characterised by a strikingly luminescent palette applied with a very lively yet precise gestural technique which give birth to peaceful yet animated scenes. “My paintings often begin by chance,” Vincent explains. “A subject I see evokes an emotional reaction within me, which, in turn, moves my imagination to express this idea, this moment or even a texture, in a figurative way.” Vincent works rapidly and carefully, looking for an equilibrium between spontaneity and control. Within the same painting we are often drawn to two completely different subjects. Before us appears a monumental still life, usually a glass vessel containing lush, fresh, cherries whose long stems, interlaced with daisies, form a delicate heart motif at their ends. The vibrant colour of the cherries is then repeated in the centre of each flower. Behind these dramatically transparent still life’s, Vincent paints, with large, sweeping brush strokes, his famously delicate, serene backgrounds of trees, water, sky or colour, allowing the viewer the pleasure of interpreting them at will.
Medium : Acrylic, mixed.
Exhibitions : He often takes parts in symposiums and foreign group exhibitions.
Collections : Private and corporate collections in Europe, the United States and Canada.
Awards : Public's Prize, Symposium of Saint-Germain de Kamouraska, 2005; Prize for figurative realism at the Annual Gala of Quebec Artists, Painters and Sculptors, 2004.
Bibliography : Magazin'Art Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galleries,2006-2007; Magazin'Art, fall 2005, "Daniel Vincent. Life can be a Bowl of Cherries", p.165-167.
