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Testimonials and Reviews
Read about what others have said about Alan's creative work.
'Alan Mercel-Sanca’s lush and intricate drawings often focus on woodland and forest scenes. Shying away from major landmarks, Mercel-Sanca draws attention instead to small local sites, or to those comparatively unknown spaces around famous areas. Born in the United Kingdom, the artist is heir to the nation’s tradition of working directly in front of nature in graphite or in watercolor, and his work has strong affinities with that of historical luminaries J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Girtin. Like his eighteenth- and nineteenth-century predecessors, Mercel-Sanca has traveled widely, creating work based on locations in British Columbia, Italy, and Japan.
The artist’s virtuoso technique allows him to capture stunning nuances of light and shade, and to recreate on paper varied effects of sunlight on objects as diverse as leaves, rocks, bark, and water. His works frequently radiate light, and are suffused with a sense of mystery and magic. Denying any intended message or abstract concept behind his works, Mercel-Sanca seeks only to capture his subject and the emotions he feels in front of it. He “sincerely believes, with deep conviction, that to be an artist is a True Spiritual vocation, and that the more the artist is inspired by the awesome Nature of Creation (its Harmony and Splendour), the greater will be the fluency and evocative character of his or her creative work.” Alan Mercel-Sanca’s art reflects this reverence for nature and all its diversity.'
Please visit the following link for more details of Alan's contribution to the prestigious 'United in Art' exhibition at the Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York in June 2008:
http://www.agora-gallery.com/ExhibitionAnnouncement/United_6_3_2008.aspx
... As Mr Alan Mercel-Sanca kindly showed me his most treasured collections of his artwork, a picture of ethereal beauty immediately caught my eyes ... not simply because it was colourful, but because the sense of deja vu it aroused that would probably also strike an emotional chord with like-minded people from the east.
... That the house being shrouded in mist, leaving a certain sparsity in the landscape is a reflection of the characteristics of Chinese calligraphy painting. Yet what is interesting in some of his artwork is the similar effect that Mr Mercel-Sanca has achieved via watercolour pencils and the Buddhist-Daoist philosophies he wants to express ...
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