Jarid del Deo (b.1972 Fall River MA) is a painter living and working in Maine. His oil paintings utilize the New England landscape as a tested vehicle for investigating color, shape and composition. Del Deo prefers a long contemplative study of his surroundings, plucking out details that best describe a place.
After completing his BFA in painting and printmaking at the University of New Hampshire, del Deo spent over a decade working in the performing arts in the Pacific Northwest and Europe. In 2012 he settled in Maine and turned his focus back to painting. Del Deo exhibits regularly on both coasts and has work in private collections throughout North America and Europe.
Artist’s Statement
My interaction with the New England landscape is a primary source of
subject matter. I paint the things and places I am most familiar with.
This helps me to stay focused on the formal elements and keeps me
engaged in building out the painting as an accumulation of marks and
arrangements. I feel a connection to the tradition of representational
picture-making but it is color relativity, shape, and compressed space
that excites me. I spend more time looking than painting and I am slow
to decide what I am reacting to. I consider this observational
relationship to be as important as the finished work.
