Jason Wilson
Jason Wilson started creating art early in life with the influence of his mother to guide him. Early on, he mostly drew with some color supplied by crayons or colored-pencils. In high school his art teacher introduced him to painting, a task he was not really excited about doing at the time. His first painting was completed during his junior year and placed first at the Tulsa State Fair.
After graduating from Hartshorne High School in Hartshorne, Oklahoma in 1983, Jason entered college at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma. After his first year at OBU, he decided to major in Art Education with a minor in religion. He later graduated from OBU with an Art Education Degree and went on to earn his second degree from OBU in Religion.
Following graduation, Jason was hired as the high school art teacher for Seminole High School. He taught for 31 years before retiring, 16 years at Seminole High School and 15 years at Hartshorne High School.
With his current style, he starts by developing his paintings on grid paper to scale. After he has the concept on the grid paper, he draws it on the canvas using precise measurements and rulers. After the drawing is finished, he uses a masking technique that took him years to perfect. He completes his paintings with acrylic paint, but has developed a formula combining heavy body acrylics with student grade acrylics. He does this to obtain an ultra-smooth finish in order to eliminate distractions that might distract viewers. His desire is for his paintings to be so technically flawless and precise that they are stunning. Jason loves "tricking" the eye and creating color illusions inspired by quilts and the patterns found around him.
Artist Statement
Forty years ago, a young boy watched his Native
American grandmother design, assemble and sew his family's quilts. Today, contemporary Perceptual artist Jason
Wilson, influenced by his grandmother's quilts, gives new life to old concepts.
To produce Perceptual Art, the artist must: conceive; mathematically calculate; plot; draw; and finally paint the design on canvas. Jason says his designs are about building the painting as much as painting the painting...involving hours of construction. To this end, Jason developed his own special acrylic paint formula to hand paint his canvas. The result is a technically perfect, remarkably flawless finished canvas.
Perceptual Art asks its audience to visually or emotionally
interact with the design. Some
Perceptual Art appears to shimmer and shift while other designs may, for
example, provide a sense of serenity and grace.
By bringing his designs to life, Jason Wilson hopes to delight and
inspire others.