About the Artist
My work is intuitive, expressive, and gestural, backed by dedication and craftsmanship. On each painting day, I take my best shot. The next day, I come in and take my new best shot, working directly on top of the first. Most of my work happens on the canvas in layers of attempts, mistakes, revisions, and refinements.
In the early 2010s, I lost significant use of my right hand. I taught myself to draw and paint left-handed, only to have symptoms spread to my left hand. I have since mostly regained full function in both hands, but the years of rehabilitation and the permanent limitations that resulted caused me to profoundly realign my working methods and, more importantly, my motivations and goals for making art.
I become tongue-tied when asked what my art means, but I’m happy to talk about what my paintings say, which I hope is the same as what I say myself - That the world is intricate and interconnected. That our reality is a source of outrage and also of awe and wonder. That simple solutions generally stem from oversimplified understandings of the problems. That there are beautiful things in this world worth fighting for. And that, odds are, you are one of them.
Exhibitions, Awards, Publications, etc.
jason's work has appeared in exhibitions at venues such as
The Salmagundi Club, NYC
The Danforth Museum, Framingham MA
Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick MA
Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury MA
Boston Figurative Art Center, Somerville MA
Exposed Gallery, Phoenix AZ
Publications Include
Beneath The Waves
Infected by Art
Talks and Presentations
“Steering Chaos” Salmagundi Club Sep 2023
Public Art Projects
Fishwalker: Installation on Adams St. Natick MA
Sparkling Stream: Street Mural Natick MA 2021
Bright Futures: Utility box Mural Natick 2016
Awards
Duxbury Art Complex Museum 2026 Third Place
Metrowest Artist Award 2024 (Danforth Museum)
Duxbury Art Complex Museum 2024 Honorable Mention
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Painting 2022 (Finalist)
Illustrator for
"Suck It Up, Buttercup: Trust and Betrayal in the American Health Care System"
Storyboard artist for
Mike the Knight
Numberblocks Season One and Two (Season one won the BAFTA for Best Animated Preschool Series)
Animator for
In a Different Key (Award-winning Documentary about Autism)
https://www.inadifferentkeythemovie.com/
Catch 98 (Documentary about WNBA legend Tamika Catchings) Lookalike Productions
https://www.lookalikeproductions.com/catch-98
Artist for Hasbro Playskool Comic Books/Story Books
Rescue Bots Roll Out
Rescue Bots Respond
Rescue Bots Prime Alert
Rescue Bots Rapid Rescue
Spider-man Adventures: Lizard’s Lost Treasure
Spidey’s Pumpkin Problems
Star Wars Jedi Force: Watch Out for the Wookie
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