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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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Collections:
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Commissions:
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 ...
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Reviews for Thomas Jewusiak:
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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 of the experience lay in its incredible detail. Finely drawn architectural elements pop out of the picture plane because they are so well drawn, then meticulously modeled in lighted shadow. Take a very close look. It is a high compliment to the skill of the artist when the work holds together and reveals even more secrets upon close inspection.” Speaking of the painter in Florida Today Messersmith was quoted: "There are times when the detail will carry work into the realm of magic realism because the light and shadow are so crisp that the architectural volumes pop out like they're three-dimensional. That's the magic..."
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