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                                                                                                  Marcel Desbiens

                                                                                                  "Nothing excites me more than when a student comes to me having never picked up a paint brush. They do my classes and develop a skill, a passion they never knew they had"

                                                                                                  Renowned French-Canadian Master Artist, Marcel Desbiens, is an accomplished Artist and Tutor who generously shares his expertise on the techniques of the Old Masters. Over the years people were often asking him for advice on technical skills in Oil Painting, this lead him to teach painting in 1980. He has run full time classes since 2003. Workshops have been conducted throughout Queensland e.g. Cairns Artescape, Port Douglas Art House, Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Laidley and North of New South Wales- Ballina.

                                                                                                  Marcel Desbiens is an award winning artist who has won several prizes for his exquisite Oil Paintings capturing the true essence of beauty in his works. He has had a number of solo and group exhibitions in Canada and throughout Australia. You can view his artwork on his artist website marceldesbiens.com.

                                                                                                  Awards
                                                                                                  2007 First prize, Best of show, The Black Snake Art Award, Queensland, Australia
                                                                                                  2006 First prize, Best of show, The Black Snake Art Award, Queensland, Australia
                                                                                                  2006 Best Landscape, The Black Snake Art Award, Queensland, Australia
                                                                                                  2004 Commended, Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize Brisbane, Australia
                                                                                                  2003 Best Oil or Acrylic, Art Spectacular, The Combined Brisbane Rotary Clubs, Brisbane, Australia
                                                                                                  1996 First prize, Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize Brisbane, Australia
                                                                                                  1994 First prize, Moreton Shire Exposition, Ipswich, Australia
                                                                                                  1989 Le prix d’excellence, Concours national des arts visuels, "Rencontre parallèle, Montréal, Canada

                                                                                                  Solo Exhibitions
                                                                                                  2016 Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Stanthorpe, Australia 2016 Lasting Impression Gallery, Kennilworth, Australia
                                                                                                  2011 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
                                                                                                  2009 Gallery 2120, Brisbane, Australia
                                                                                                  2008 Gadfly Gallery, Delkeith, Perth, Australia
                                                                                                  2007 Delshan Art Gallery, Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
                                                                                                  2007 Gadfly Gallery, Delkeith, Perth, Australia
                                                                                                  2006 Delshan Art Gallery, Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
                                                                                                  2005 Maria Perides Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
                                                                                                  2004 Delshan Art Gallery, Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
                                                                                                  2003 Musee Louis Hemon, Peribonka, Quebec, Canada
                                                                                                  2000 Galerie la corniche, Chicoutimi, Canada
                                                                                                  1997 Delshan Art Gallery, Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
                                                                                                  1996 Valerie Cohen Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
                                                                                                  1996 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
                                                                                                  1994 “Le moment présent”, Ipswich Regional Gallery, Ipswich, Australia
                                                                                                  1992 “De la fiction à la réalité”, exposition itinérante :
                                                                                                  1992 Centre culturel de Dolbeau, Dolbeau, Canada
                                                                                                  1992 Salon du Conseil régional de la culture, Jonquière, Canada
                                                                                                  1992 Promenade du Vieux-Québec, Québec, Canada
                                                                                                  1985 Caisse Populaire de Sherbrooke-Est, Sherbrooke, Canada
                                                                                                  1983 Galerie coopérative des arts visuels, Chicoutimi, Canada
                                                                                                  1980 Galerie Menasen, Sherbrooke, Canada
                                                                                                  1975 Café de la Cour, Québec, Canada

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                                                                                                  Gain Confidence In Oils 2021 | Marcel Desbiens Gain Confidence In Oils 2021 | Marcel Desbiens Painting A Flower With Subtlety In Oils | Marcel Desbiens Studio Painting - One Day | Marcel Desbiens Relax with Watercolour | Paint and Sip Relax with Watercolour | Paint and Sip

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