Jon Wassom Painter USA 1984

Jon Wassom Painter USA 1984
Artist Jon Wassom attended art school for 5 years before flunking out. Ironically enough, he spent too much time painting, preferring to master his craft on his own time.
“I’d be painting in my studio and my friend would say ‘Jon, come to class!’ Even during painting class, I was in my studio doing my own thing,” he reminisces, laughing.
His formal education proved valuable, but his self-taught style speaks louder. A renaissance man, Wassom’s curious nature saw him dabbling in everything from music to “flying through the air” with gymnastics and figure skating; he was drawn to the “artistic physicality” of both sports.
His love of movement shines through in his unique paintings and very aptly reflects his vibrant personality. He jokes that he tells his Amazon Alexa to play any song it wants – he notes that the random songs weirdly capture the “synchronicity in the universe” – and he’s off to his creative sphere, letting his hand flow to the beat as he produces colorful portrayals of what some may deem simple scenes: men on bikes and electric scooters riding curiously through a crowded boardwalk; old-timey, dreamlike city centers in their dapper heydays, complete with pork pie hats and three-piece suits.
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