Jason Webb
Discard Pile 72, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16”
Describe your artistic style in three words.
detailed, luminous, memorial
What's inspiring you right now?
The disruption and reevaluating of established paradigms in the wake of COVID-19. In the realm of visual art, I've felt invigorated by the inventive resilience of local art organizations. Exhibitions like Northern-Southern's 'Left in the Weeds' and Vault Stone Shop's ongoing 'Window Shows' (to name just two) have had me in awe. Fresh online initiatives like Big Medium's 'Artist Registry', and Glasstire's 'Five Minute Tours' video series are giving me hope.
What do you do when you're feeling uninspired?
Working on a long-term series, my process has more to do with motivation than inspiration. I know what I want to find, what I want to do, and basically how to do it. Executing just isn't always compelling. I find that rest through outdoor hobbies like fossil hunting combined with reminders of external or self-determined deadlines are the bedrock of my motivation. Living is a prerequisite to observing.
Tell us something unique about your process.
I enjoy experimenting with the lighting in my studio. I've constructed a few iterations of opaque lampshades using black foamcore. These shades guide light precisely to my painting surface and reduce glare on my computer screen and eyes.
What advice do you have for other artists?
"No one is coming to save you." was a liberating mantra shared with me early in my career. And I will add: Invest in documenting your artwork really well and letting people know it exists.
Discard Pile 71, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 20”
Discard Pile 70, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16”
Discard Pile 67, 2019, acrylic on aquaboard, 20 x 16”
Discard Pile 64, 2018, acrylic on aquaboard, 20 x 16”
Discard Pile 63, 2018, acrylic on aquaboard, 10 x 8”
Discard Pile 62, 2018, acrylic on aquaboard, 10 x 8”
Discard Pile 61, 2018, acrylic on aquaboard, 10 x 8”
Discard Pile 60, 2018, acrylic on aquaboard, 10 x 8”
Discard Pile 58, 2018, acrylic on aquaboard, 24 x 18”
Austin, TX based painter, Jason Webb, meticulously depicts curbside trash piles. He studied computer animation and studio arts at Jacksonville University. Jason is a regular participant of the East and West Austin Studio Tours, and has shown extensively in Austin at such galleries as grayDUCK and Davis Gallery.