American painter Patrick Farrell illustrates a natural talent that has developed without formal art training of any kind. His exploration of the demanding style of "super-realism" has earned him a noteworthy place among leading painters. Throughout his career he has determinedly avoided the vogues and excesses of the art world mainstream and has won acclaim for his still-life and landscape oil paintings. Recent recognition includes the John Young-Hunter Memorial Award honoring his work in the 81st & 84th Allied Artists of America Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York City.

Farrell has been exhibiting his work for over thirty years, resulting in his having had over thirty solo exhibitions and being included in countless group exhibitions internationally. His works can be found in public and corporate collections throughout the United States and numerous private collections internationally. Farrell is an Honorary Member of the Allied Artists of America, Inc., New York City. The self-employed painter resides and maintains his studio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Art historian Debra Brehmer wrote in Milwaukee Magazine: "Still life painter Patrick Farrell...became a self-taught phenomenon, the state's most successful painter." Art critic Welch D. Everman stated in the New Art Examiner: "Patrick Farrell is a master of illusion, a super-realist whose Trompe l’oeil style seems to deny the obvious fact that his works are ‘really’ spots of paint on canvas." James M. Auer, art critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote: “Ever the perfectionist, [Farrell] has achieved wonders with Bartlett pears, cherries, apples and lemons. He has become the John Singer Sargent of gleaming citrus fruit ... similarly accomplished are his sun-struck Barbizon-style landscapes. ...”

Patrick Farrell is profiled in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in the World and Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects.

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