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Artist Statement:
Artist’s Statement
I reject the description of
the style of my painting as
photorealistic. I make no
attempt to duplicate a
photograph. Although there can
be a valid artistic point in
doing this, it is decidedly
not my point. I attempt to
communicate a reality or
rather an illusion of
actuality, as perceived by the
eye and mind that is more
intense, more concentrated
than that which can be
captured by the camera and
lens alone. I also attempt a
more honest portrayal of what
is real than can be produced
by the simple photograph.
Since many of my paintings are
purely conceptual, existing
originally only in the
imagination, or as a
distillation or manipulation
of many separate scenes that
may exist, did exist or I
think existed, the charge of
“merely” duplicating a
photograph is particularly
galling. By representing the
finest detail in paint I
attempt to foster the
illusion, (or foist the
illusion), to give a perceived
concrete existence to a pure
product of the interpretive
imagination. The sometimes
excruciating detail is
fundamental to the intended
impression, a sleight of hand
(or eye), where we are perhaps
distracted by the minutia,
enamored of it and thus lulled
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Artist Exhibitions:
Tom Jewusiak's oil paintings
are currently on display at
the Henegar Center for the
Arts in Downtown Melbourne, at
the Fredlund Gallery in Winter
Park, Florida, recently at a
juried show at The Fifth
Avenue Art Gallery in Historic
Downtown Eau Gallie, and
another juried show sponsored
by the ...
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Artist Galleries:
Tom Jewusiak's oil paintings
are currently on display at
the Henegar Center for the
Arts in Downtown Melbourne, at
the Fredlund Gallery in Winter
Park, Florida....
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Artist Reviews:
Three of the painter's oils
were chosen for display at
Visions 2007, a juried art
show sponsored by the
Strawbridge Art League. At
that show the painter was
awarded the Thomson Award For
Oils.
Harry Messersmith, the judge
of Visions 2007, wrote of the
painter’s work: “The
excitement ...
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Collections:
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Commissions for Thomas Jewusiak:
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Commissioned oil paintings take a minimum of seven months from commitment to delivery of the completed work. Timing depends on whether the subject has a concrete existence or whether the painting will be based on old photographs, drawings, recollections or historical descriptions.
Commissioned portraits take a month longer. If time does not permit the sponsor to sit for the entire portrait, the painter will do a photographic study as an additional source for the painting.
In some instances a commission does not call for the actual sale and delivery of the original oil painting. A digital scan or canvas print will often be sufficient for advertising, promotion or public presentation of the image. The painter under certain circumstances will grant limited reproduction rights to the image for purposes of advertising. If the painter retains the original oil painting the canvas print or digital scan can be offered at a reduced price. Email for further information.
For commissioned work giclee canvas prints in quantities of 50 or more for one image will require at least four additional weeks. This includes stretching and framing, if desired.
For commissioned work lithographic prints are available with a minimum order of 300 prints per image.
Oil paintings are stretched on wood stretcher boards, varnished and framed. The varnish used is the highest quality archival synthetic varnish, with UV inhibitors, that will not yellow over time. If required the painting can be removed from the stretcher boards, rolled and sent in a sturdy tube.
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