Jean-Paul TOURBATEZ

Criticism

It has certainly been an exceptional journey for Jean-Paul Tourbatez, the initially purely self-taught artist who has become no less than the Honorary President of the Salon of Rouen, a Marine Painter and a Chevalier of "Arts et Lettres". Jean-Paul Tourbatez is the very image of the painter whose renown has steadily grown thanks to his fine work and attention to different techniques. Demanding of himself as a talented creator, his natural ease placed him quite naturally and very quickly at the forefront of the region’s artistic excellence, and this despite a few unfortunate and incomprehensible reservations. His personal style and love for the sea have helped him evolve a pure sense of colour and light. Over the years he has applied this with dexterity and an astuteness that definitively deters him from taking easy options, a temptation sometimes felt by a few creators inspired by marine elements. Although he still affirms his mastery through watercolours, in his current approach, Jean-Paul Tourbatez confers even more density, serenity and limpidity to his paintings inasmuch as he allows himself to use the basis of the most natural of subjects in order to brilliantly extract and reveal expressive and convincing works. And these works skilfully display his perception, which is devoted essentially to the sea in all conditions and under all skies. Inhabited by light and reverberations, Jean-Paul Tourbatez’ painting is always captivating through its multiple and diverse visions of beauty. The artist sometimes extends this appeal in picturesque and magical urban scenes that are very evocative of atmospheres and infinite journeys.

André RUELLAN, art critic

Exhibitions

Du 18/09/2020 au 27/09/2020 : LA BOUILLE : 40e SALON DE PEINTURE AU GRENIER A SEL

Du 09/06/2018 au 24/06/2018 : OFFRANVILLE : EXPOSITION JEAN-PAUL TOURBATEZ A LA GRANGE AU MOULIN

Du 10/03/2018 au 11/03/2018 : SAINT-JEAN-DU-CARDONNAY : 34è SALON DE PEINTURES ET SCULPTURES AU FOYER RURAL

Du 10/09/2017 au 24/09/2017 : BACQUEVILLE-EN-CAUX : SALON D'AUTOMNE 2017 "TELETHON D'ART" A L'HOTEL DE VILLE

Du 09/06/2017 au 03/09/2017 : SAINT-MARTIN-DE-BOSCHERVILLE : EXPOSITION JEAN-PAUL TOURBATEZ A L'ABBAYE SAINT-GEORGES

Du 19/11/2016 au 11/12/2016 : CONDE-SUR-NOIREAU : 25è SALON DE PEINTURE ET SCULPTURE A L'HOTEL DE VILLE

Du 24/09/2016 au 02/10/2016 : BELBEUF : EXPOSITION COLLECTIVE ORGANISEE AU PROFIT DE LA RESTAURATION DE LA CHAPELLE SAINT-ADRIEN

Du 21/05/2016 au 05/06/2016 : MAROMME : 26è SALON DE PEINTURE ET DE SCULPTURE A L'ESPACE CULTUREL BEAUMARCHAIS

Du 26/03/2016 au 29/05/2016 : NOTRE-DAME DE GRAVENCHON : EXPOSITION JEAN-PAUL TOURBATEZ A LA GALERIE DU PARC

Du 01/08/2015 au 12/08/2015 : BARNEVILLE-CARTERET : EXPOSITION JEAN-PAUL TOURBATEZ A LA SALLE DU PARC

Du 22/09/2012 au 30/09/2012 : BELBEUF : EXPOSITION PEINTURES ET SCULPTURES A LA CHAPELLE DE SAINT-ADRIEN