TJALF SPARNAAY
Haarlem, 1954
selftaught
works in oil on canvas
Since 1987, he has been working on his imposing oeuvre, constantly seeking new images that have never been painted before. What he calls Megarealism is part of the contemporary global art movement of Hyperrealism, and Sparnaay is now considered one of the most important painters working in that style.
His original works are exhibited and sold by art dealers in three countries: Bernarducci.Meisel in New York, PlusOne Gallery in London, and the Mark Peet Visser Art Gallery in the Netherlands. These dealers represent him worldwide, generating interest amongst collectors and attracting attention from museums. Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands had his first stillife retrospective, 2015.
His cool jazz album 'out of the blue' with collegue painter/musician Rob Jacobs on sax was released april 2015
Prices of the original oils are between 18.000 en 120.000 euro
Sparnaay also works on commission
Specialties: stillife and food painting,