Jason D'Aquino

Jason D'Aquino (born October 22, 1974) is an American artiste who works exclusively on found antiquated objects, primarily in graphite on an incredibly miniature scale. He has been called the "Master of Miniatures", and is allowance of the Lowbrow (or Pop Surrealist) art movement.

D'Aquino is best known for his 'Matchbook Miniatures' which are meticulously hyper detailed small scale pencil drawings, not higher than one inch by one inch in dimension, carefully crafted onto the inside cover of vintage strike-on-front matchbooks. D'Aquino's illustrations visit themes of evil, cruelty, madness, and loss of innocence. These motifs derive themselves from his passion for mystery and macabre : his greatest influences brute H. P. Lovecraft, Edward Gorey, Hans Bellmer, Maurice Sendak, and serial killers such as Ed Gein and sundry extra real-life monsters and deviants of legal crime.