Jason Hargis

The intent of my work is to encourage and explore different subjects and techniques, while challenging myself through new creative processes.  I create purely on emotion, rarely having a true direction of what I’m going to create.  I fearlessly explore the medium and allow the piece to take on a personality of its own.  Free from traditional constraints, these introspective meditations take little recognizable form.  Instead, they manifest themselves as successive and spontaneous adventures in color, texture, and composition.  This free association process allows me to create “true to moment” content, while providing the viewer a peek into my subconscious.  My goal is to express visually what would otherwise be repressed or dismissed under traditional painting methods.

A vast majority of my paintings are created with the canvas or board on the floor.  Thus, allowing me to hover above the piece, freely applying acrylic, oil, and enamel paint in all directions in gestural type motion.

My wall-mounted sculptures are created almost entirely from found objects.  One man’s trash is truly another man’s treasure.  By using found objects, I am forced to re-think the traditional methods of sculpting.  Instead of reforming the material into a new state, I maintain the original form and search for creative ways to apply its use.

Graphically, I pull a great deal of inspiration from popular culture.  I openly explore socially and culturally diverse subject matter.  I strive to challenge the viewer to explore his/her perceptions of what art is and what art can be.   Be it through painting, sculpture, graphic art, or any other discipline, I want the audience to have a true reaction to what they see.

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