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Jason De Graaf BIOGRAPHY
Born 1971 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Photorealist still life and comic figure painting.
Born in 1971 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, artist Jason de Graaf specializes in hyper-realistic still life paintings using acrylics. In an interview with Poets and Artists magazine (p. 83), de Graaf... Read full biography
Born in 1971 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, artist Jason de Graaf specializes in hyper-realistic still life paintings using acrylics. In an interview with Poets and Artists magazine (p. 83), de Graaf says he went to college for illustration and design but fell in love with painting after an... Read full biography
Born in 1971 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, artist Jason de Graaf specializes in hyper-realistic still life paintings using acrylics. In an interview with Poets and Artists magazine (p. 83), de Graaf says he went to college for illustration and design but fell in love with painting after an illustrator named Sharif Taraby came into his class to give a painting demonstration. Statement. “My paintings are about staging an alternate reality, the illusion of verisimilitude on the painted surface,... Read full biography
Born in 1971 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, artist Jason de Graaf specializes in hyper-realistic still life paintings using acrylics. In an interview with Poets and Artists magazine (p. 83), de Graaf says he went to college for illustration and design but fell in love with painting after an illustrator named Sharif Taraby came into his class to give a painting demonstration. Statement. “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... Read full biography
Born in 1971 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, artist Jason de Graaf specializes in hyper-realistic still life paintings using acrylics. In an interview with Poets and Artists magazine (p. 83), de Graaf says he went to college for illustration and design but fell in love with painting after an illustrator named Sharif Taraby came into his class to give a painting demonstration. Statement. “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 und... Read full biography
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Born in 1971 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, artist Jason de Graaf specializes in hyper-realistic still life paintings using acrylics. In an interview with Poets and Artists magazine (p. 83), de Graaf says he went to college for illustration and design but fell in love with painting after an illustrator named Sharif Taraby came into his class to give a painting demonstration.
Statement
“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.”
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"Jason De Graaf," Twisted Sifter, Web, 5 Feb. 2016Biography from Photorealism
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“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”