About JASON

Born and raised in central New Jersey, my work is a product of my personal experiences and my education from Art Schools in Philadelphia, New York, and Savannah. I first picked up an oil brush around age 14; then began exploring abstraction in Graduate School at the University of the Arts after an experience where undulating light patterns on currents left me completely mesmerized. This moment was a catalyst for a series of paintings based on the movements of water and encouraged a… more

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Pressure

At an atomic scale the objects repel, intermingle, reject, adhere and become something more - something different than the sum. When objects unite via time and pressure, the coalescence has a tendency to leave behind marks as illustrated by chemical reactions and scars, morphing the subject to become greater than its original state.

My intent is to understand and recontextualize these interactions as metaphors for the changes in our lives. The addition and subtraction of elements redefine a subject that is perpetually in a state of evolution. These pieces serve as vessels for reflection, coping, and understanding of the changes in life.

  • Hydrothermal Dreams
    Hydrothermal Dreams

    Oil on Oxidized Copper 

    6 x 6"

    This painting is a departure from earlier works that used masonite and metal leaf to utilizing copper sheet metal as a substrate.  My process includes oxidizing the copper sheet, as shown in the bottom left of the image.