Jason Boyd Kinsella

Like so many artists, Jason’s artistic journey is one rooted in pencil and paper. The appreciation of line and form that drawing instills in the artist remains a key factor of Jason’s practice. He spends every morning sketching and, when a certain work stands out, he transfers that sketch to a computer. Here, the previously tentative marks of the sketch become the firm boundaries of digitally rendered shapes; colour is then added and manipulated, shapes are repositioned and reorientated until the essence of the figure Jason wishes to capture is faithfully represented. He then works from this reference using oil paints on canvas, reinstating the crucial human component that’s considered tantamount to the artistic process.  The results are large-scale, beautiful portraits that are both conceptually enticing and technically accomplished.

“A quick glance at the works by Jason Boyd Kinsella deciphers a familiar form of a human figure, which then instantly dismantles into an amalgamation of flawless, colourful,
otherworldly shapes that construct the initial mirage. These geometric fragments, which the Canadian artist uses as building blocks to represent the complexity of the human condition, are simultaneously evoking our reliance on digital technology and its influence on our psyche. And it’s such focused interest in the human psyche that resulted in his work being labeled as hyper-contemporary psychological portraiture, as it allows him to create an endless amount of assemblages which then symbolise the endless combinations of character traits we’re all built from. With the purposely obvious use of technology and 3D rendering software in his creative process, the reference to interconnectivity between the natural and the artificial becomes even more relevant and somewhat personified.”
Sasha Bogojev