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Jason Humphrey is a self taught artist who has been creating since his earliest memories. Growing up in Los Angeles, he was an avid part of the graffiti scene during his teenage years in the colorful 80’s. After continuously getting in trouble, he took the advice of his mother and joined the Navy at the age of 17.

Traveling around the world at such an early age would come to play a large part of Jason’s creative process. While serving in the Navy, he spent time in Desert Storm while being on the USS B Independence, spending 9 months straight at sea. The art world was put on hold for him, but the experiences of seeing countries like Japan, Hong Kong, and many others would leave indelible impressions and mental building blocks waiting to come out later.

After getting out of the Navy, he took a basic drawing class to reconnect with his artistic side. Jason ended up being drawn to the medium of pen and ink pointillism, which is the process of making an image composed of thousands of tiny ink dots. Jason practiced this medium almost daily, creating image after image, and going from small pieces to considerably larger ones. After years of creating only black and white images entirely with dots, he began combining painting elements to his pen and ink work. The addition of bright colors, juxtaposed with the intricate detail of tiny dots, was the perfect pairing of mediums for Jason.

Jason lives and works as an artist full time in San Diego, California.