The Stranger, April 17th, 2008
Event Horizons
Why Jeffrey Simmons Is a Name You Should Know
Jeffrey Sinunons: Nebulae
Greg Kucera Gallery
Through May 10.
Let's begin by clearing up one fact: Jeffrey Simmons's paintings are, in fact, paintings made by Jeffrey Simmons. This is true in the most traditional possible sense.
He uses paintbrushes, on canvas. Laboriously, he layers acrylic paint on and sands it down. That's how they're made.
It's necessary to make this point because people endlessly mistake these paintings for photographs. People also mistake them for images powered by electric light, plugged in, lit from be...
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