Jeremiah Stermer's realistic surrealism

Jeremiah Stermer was born in Baltimore in 1946.

He started his artistic path at the age of 11.

He considers himself a realist / surrealist, meaning that the theme is always surrealistic, but the painting is made in a traditional way.

He states that he draws and paints very naturally, and that he pays the particular attention on the air around the subjects of his paintings and considers the mood as the crucial element of his works.

Stermer’s use of natural lighting - of particular times and seasons - is vital toward achieving his desired mood.

He writes: "My favorite lighting is bright sunny light; a certain time of year - Spring, early Summer, or September - or a certain time of day before sunset while the colors are still white and gold.

I’m sure this comes from my childhood summers on the Chesapeake Bay when I spent summers with my grandparents at their shore home.

The scenes in and around the house had a special light which would bounce up off the water and shimmer and dance on everything, lambently.

The mood from that light is at the heartbeat of my paintings".

Per il pittore Jeremiah Stermer, le sue visioni surrealiste si traducono spesso in nature morte magistralmente realizzate e veriste.

Lavora in due modi: il processo creativo di Stermer consiste nell'imbrigliare un'idea e trasformarla in un dipinto.

Il suo secondo metodo consiste nell'impostare composizioni di nature morte e svilupparle.