(1946) French artist

"The painting, it is my trap … ". He spends a crazy time there. But it is his happiness. First of all, Jean Duranel draws in a very detailed way. Then comes the color. The artist declines it in subtle tones, yellow sulphurated, "switched off" oranges, establishing unexpected and nevertheless harmonious confrontations. The story takes place and life. Hilarious puzzle builds play with spaces by Jean Duranel is an invitation to travel. The sea, the boats of dreams, is often the star, " the departure is immediate " on a passenger ship governed by a very steady captain. Somewhere else, it is "Barre à Babord", « L'Echapée Belle », "Départ en Musique" or the ship "Tzarevitz"…etc. Jean Duranel reinvents the painted Totems with the same spirit, the same jubilation; any object is pretext with creation; the artist plays with the paradoxes, walks us, amuses us … Not amazing that this painter in child's soul and in ironic glance retains so easily the visitor in his nets.