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Jeff Jamison
(American)
Jeff
Jamison is obsessed with painting. Loving the entire process. Loving
watching the paint move around. Watching the entire painting change with
the changing of a value or hue. Believing that creation has karmic
ramifications and with that comes responsibility. The energy he puts
into a painting can be felt by the observer. Growing up in Middle
Tennessee, Jeff’s fascination “with the look of things” began at an
early age - how light falls across objects casting shadow, bouncing,
flaring and reflecting. This fascination and meager attempts to capture
and simulate these occurrences in pencil eventually led Jeff to art
classes. His serious art studies began at Middle Tennessee State
University in 1977. In 1982 Jeff enrolled at the Art Institute of Fort
Lauderdale, Florida graduating two years later and immediately went to
work as an Editorial Illustrator for the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
newspaper. He worked as a courtroom sketch artist in the Manuel Noriega
trials in Miami and his award winning illustrations began gracing the
pages of many national publications including magazines and novel
covers. With the coming of the computer age and the dying of the
traditional illustration market, Jeff decided to focus full time on
painting. Among his many accomplishments he took third place prize and
an Honorable Mention at the prestigious Salon International Museum of
Contemporary Masters Competition judged by Pino in 2004; Top 50 finishes
in the Arts for the Parks competition and finalist in the 2006 Oil
Painters of America Eastern Regional Mini Show. In 2009 his painting
“The Fisher King” was accepted into the Oil Painters of America 2009
National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils where it earned him an
Award of Excellence. Jeff takes a rare intellectual approach to his art
while his style is built on superb drawing skills in a process he calls
controlled chaos. There are no secret techniques or materials, choosing
instead to paint in the traditional processes used by the Old Masters.
Jamison feels that by working in this manner, using the same tools and
materials as the great painters like Velazquez, Sargent and Sorolla, the
only thing standing in the way of arranging those materials into truly
great painting is Jeff Jamison. Along with that comes the sobering
realization that one may never paint on a level of a Sargent or a
Sorolla but Jeff loves the challenge and feels it is his personal
responsibility to get out of bed every day and try to do just that.
Jamison is also member of the Oil Painters of America. Born 1958 in West
Memphis, Arkansas, Jeff and his wife Judy currently reside in Middle
Tennessee. His Awards and Honors include: 2009 – Oil Painters of America
National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils – Award of Excellence
2007 - PaintAmerica Association’s Paint the Parks Top 100 2006 - Oil
Painters of America Eastern Regional Mini Show Finalist 2004 - Salon
International Museum of Contemporary Masters-Third Place (Judged by Pino)
2004 - Salon International Museum of Contemporary Masters-Jury Top 50
(Judged by Pino) 2004 - Salon International Museum of Contemporary
Masters-Honorable Mention (Judged by Pino) 2004 - National Park Services
“Arts for the Parks” Competition-Mini Top 100 1994 - Winner of National
“Paint Christopher Columbus” contest
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