Thomas Jessen

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Thomas Jessen

Although Thomas Jessen grew up in the German countryside, his paintings are hardly simple reproductions of the gardens and scenery that surround him. Jessen creates art that serves as a counterpart – not a reference – to life. His works possess an immediacy and strength that transcend the canvas and lead the viewer toward understanding the touch, feel, and even smell of his subject matter. This element is meant to close the distance between art and audience that has been perpetuated by modern media, television, and photography. His visual images pull the viewer into an environment rich with texture, color, and emotion. Through paint, Jessen opens insight into the meeting of two worlds: imagination and image.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

“I paint what I know”

-Thomas Jessen

Biography

Thomas Jessen Born 1958, Germany Growing up, the painter’s life was full of the flora and fauna of the German countryside although his lush and exact portrayals of these surroundings are not mere reproductions of plants, bushes, fields and trees. They are renditions of his familiar environments told with the accuracy that only deep intimacy, lengthened reflection and lifelong immersion can provide.

Jessen’s works possess an immediacy and strength that transcend the canvas and lead the viewer toward understanding the touch, feel, and even smell of his subject matter. This element is meant to close the distance between art and audience that has been perpetuated by modern media, television, and photography. His visual images pull the viewer into an environment rich with texture, color, and emotion.

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