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acrylic on canvas 30 x 24"
About Me
- Jason de Graaf
- My paintings are about staging an alternate reality, the illusion of verisimilitude on the painted surface, filtered so that it expresses my unique vision. Though my paintings may appear photoreal my goal is not to reproduce or document faithfully what I see one hundred percent, but also to create the illusion of depth and sense of presence not found in photographs. Many of my paintings are about the relationship of light with reflective and transparent surfaces and my journey to understand those qualities and convey my sense of wonder and intrigue over them. In all of my paintings the subject matter is a springboard and a means to explore my ability to communicate something unique to the viewer. I use colours and composition intuitively with the intent of imbuing my paintings with emotion, mood and mystery. Throughout, I try to remain open to new ideas as the painting unfolds.
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12 comments:
Wonderful, Jason!! ... I love strawberries! ;)
You beat me to it. Foil was going to be my next challenge and I can see that you have truly mastered it!! Congratulations! AWESOME!!
Absolutely beautiful :)
Strawberry paintings are one of my favourite things.
Thanks peeps!
Dianna, foil is a real trip. I love all the abstract shapes that occur and trying to capture that. Based on your work, your piece will surely be successful.
Realism beyond words, so perfect! Great piece Jason....must to stunning to see it in real life!
Thanks Jason, coming from a successful such as yourself, that's a HUGE compliment!
The blue foil is so complimentary to the strawberries and something I haven't seen done by anyone else. A lovely, delicious visceral statement. Great work Jason!
My brother-in-law, an Oxford University librarian, says that the definition of art is that it has to have no apparent use, be very hard to make, and most importantly, it must be shiny. Need I say more.
But of course there is the question of content....what does it mean?
This is a great piece, I love the qualities that the shiny foil brings to the painting. Nice work.
You must stop getting it right - NOW!!!
Bonjour,
Je peins à l'huile (trompe-l'oeil)
et je suis plus qu'admiratif devant vos tableaux.
Votre maîtrise est tout simplement stupéfiante !
Je ne veux pas savoir votre secret mais je ne comprends pas comment vous réussissez à obtenir ce résulat avec de la peinture acrylique (des glacis ? des retardateurs)
Je n'ai jamais essayé l'acrylique qui sèche trop vite.
Stupéfiant J'adore !!!!
Bernie
I've just recently come across your work. I love it. There is a sense of a slightly altered reality for me
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