Jason de Graaf

Meet Jason de Graaf

● Born in Montreal, CA in 1971

● 1996 Dawson College, Montreal QC, Illustration &

Design

● Worked as an illustrator

● Part of the independent art movement hyperrealism that

started in the early 2000s

● Mostly paints transparent things e.g. glass, water, marbles

● Genre: "Still" Lives

● Reflections!!!!

Hyperrealism

● Idea of verisimilitude true to life physical representation of

objects

● Function of Photorealism?

● Advancement or extension of photorealism

● “the simulation of something which never really

existed."

BedlamAcrylic on canvas

Heliocentric

Acrylic on canvas

Archimedes Principle

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Archimedes Principle

Acrylic on canvas

The Elusive Dawn

Acrylic on canvas

Odyssey

Acrylic on canvas

YesAcrylic on wood