“Meziat shares the ability of the best hyperrealists to render ordinary objects in such exquisite detail as to make each so precious that we look at it in a different, more appreciative manner, transcending actuality,” notes Virginia Miller, owner and director of greater Miami’s longest-established contemporary fine art gallery.
Along with still lifes, the artist’s favorite subjects include “windows” with thin curtains framing scenes of beaches and the ocean. His figurative works often feature female models in outdoor attire. “I am looking for colors and shapes and how they work together,” he states, adding:
According to Carol Damian, former director of the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, “Meziat creates a successful illusion without compromising the aesthetic qualities associated with artistic innovation.”
Meziat first came to the United States in the 1970s to study music at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Back home in Brazil, where his father painted on weekends as a hobby, Meziat began to experiment with his father’s brushes and paints and realized he had a natural aptitude as a visual artist. Shifting his focus from music to painting, Meziat began years of self-study, reaching back to such great Spanish realists as Diego Velázquez. Eventually his study and painting resulted in his mastery of the medium. Among other prestigious venues, his work has been auctioned at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s in New York City.
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