ABOUT THE ARTIST

Hello everyone and thank you for visiting during my early introduction to the world of art. My spirit feels alive when I’m creative. It may be why I’ve spent my life doing things that require creativity—music, theater, hair dressing, and of course, painting. You might be surprised to know that I just passed my second year of learning how to paint. Being creative with a pencil or crayon was something I excelled at in elementary school, and received accolades, but it wasn’t something I had the opportunity to take seriously until recently.

In kindergarten, we were assigned to draw two careers: what we wanted to do when we grew up. My first choice was to live at Disneyland where all the artists lived. I would join a team and create motion picture cartoons, with Dumbo, Robin Hood, and The Little Mermaid as major inspirations. My second career choice was to be a beautician. Now, in rural small-town Michigan in 1989, men didn’t do women’s hair—or so I was told by my teacher. She had me write “b - a - r- b - e - r” as she helped me spell it. But I didn’t want to be a barber. After all, I only knew them to be boring old men with no zest for anything fresh or creative. 

Well, I did become a hair stylist, going on 19 years now. I never lived at Disneyland, though, some that know me may argue that point. I’ve been a passholder (magic key) for many years now. My visits there never get old. My creative mind allows me to find something new to be appreciated each time I go. I am inspired to this day, when I think about that little boy way out in the country with big dreams. It’s amazing to think just how close I was to my dreams at such an early age. Who knows? Maybe someday I will work with the Disney company. 

I was born and raised in southern Michigan and graduated with just thirty-two in my senior class of 2002. I moved to Southern California in 2004 and currently live in South Los Angeles County. I’m happily married with two cats, Meowsie and Maya, and a Betta fish. When I’m not painting or gobbling down a corn dog at Disney, I love to take pictures at the local duck parks. I love to be in nature. That’s something my late Grandpa Earl loved to do as well. He was the ultimate bird man. He also loved to dabble in oils and watercolors. I wish he were alive today to see my paintings. I know he’s proud of me somewhere.

So, that’s a bit about the artist behind the art. Again, thank you for your support and I look forward to expanding my portfolio. My hope for the future is to start designing my own box set of cards. Perhaps even other things will unfold along the way.

-Jason Street

“A shadow of the divine perfection.” - Michelangelo