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Meet Jason Hanson

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jason Hanson.

Hi Jason, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
It took nearly dying in a motorcycle accident to get me, an art school drop-out, to paint again. After regaining the ability to walk and most of the function in my hands, I found myself in an empty St. Louis art studio after quitting a 20-year career in tech. I knew I had to get the dreams I was having at night onto canvas before they consumed me, and I ultimately did.

My work explores the liminal space between the dream world and waking life. Every time I translate a scene from dreams into life, it contains a message for someone meant to find it. Pushing the societal boundaries that condition and bind us, I invite people to accept their whole selves by lifting up the personas – the parts of us – that we reject, deny, and hide from one another.

My edge as an artist is always to surrender more. The more I surrender to be used by source, the more messages from source flow through me.

I spent last summer living in Utah, meeting the people there, and painting portraits of them. Most of the people I met were at Element 11, and you can find them on my website.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
No, it’s not always smooth. I lost my way several times. Everyone has their own challenges in life, and they all seem really big while they are happening. Mine are no bigger or smaller than yours. Thy looked like losing my wife to suicide, being a solo parent, a motorcycle accident + 18 days in the hospital learning to walk again, having a traumatic brain injury, and changing coming back to painting after I couldn’t work in tech anymore post-accident. All of these were nudges to get my back on my path to being an artist.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
As an artist, I sense people. I live my life in a manner that allows me to connect with source. Some call it creativity. Some call it the universe. Some call it the divine. I just call it source.

When I live my life connected to source, I can sense people. I sense the beauty, joy, hurt, and pain they feel. I also sense the gap between who people are and who they think they are. I also sense the gap between who people are and who they reveal to the world around them. My work fits directly into that gap.

When I paint an individual’s portrait, I see them, and I paint the version of them that I see. We all know that every person sees a different version of us. We see a different version of ourselves too. Few people get the gift in their lifetime of knowing exactly how another person sees them. My dual genius powers of painting and holding space allow me to bring physical form to what I see in another person.

My work focuses on making the unseen seen. Not only seen but celebrated.

How do you define success?
Success is finding my life’s purpose and arranging my life so I’m abundantly supported in living my purpose and sharing my gifts with people who benefit from them.

Pricing:

  • Commissions starting at $2,000
  • Prints are available on my website from $20

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