Summary

Jason is a landscape photographer and an amateur artist. He has a passion for image making. He has previously run a BAPLA recognised image library, been Chairman of his local camera club and took a one year photography sabbatical in 2003. Jason uses Nikon bodies/lens and Lee filters. He uses an Epson printer with Permajet inks and papers. Mounted prints of his photography are available to purchase. Subscribe to his mailing list and he'll keep you up to date.

Biography

Jason’s interest in art started at school where he studied A level Art and Design in 1990 and nearly embarked upon a Foundation Year followed by a Degree. Instead he followed his interest in technology and very occasionally picked up a brush as a hobby or used the darkroom at university.

His interest remained dormant for many years and it wasn’t until he spent a year travelling around twenty countries in 2003 that his interest in creativity was reignited using a camera. He briefly setup a BAPLA photo library with his brother before moving to New Zealand.

After moving to Mortimer in 2008 he joined a local Camera Club where he was the Program Secretary and Chair. This provided more inspiration and he started taking his photography hobby more seriously; investing in the tools to produce high quality print work and investing the time required to produce images of a higher standard.

He exhibited and sold his prints for the first time in 2010 at a local event. His prints of the local landscape proved popular gifts; and he produced a series of Christmas Cards to raise money for the local community. He became increasingly interested in watercolour painting and the landscape continued to provide the material for much of his work. Pen and ink with watercolour is a current focus for many of his works.

In 2017 he founded a local not for profit organisation to promote creativity in the community called Artistic Mortimer with a goal to promote art and design with children.

Artist Statement

Whilst walking in the Lake District as a teenager, I still vividly recall the changing light moving across fells and lakes. Travelling abroad makes you appreciate the landscape on your doorstep that we take for granted; and so local rural landscapes in changing weather and light conditions have provided the material for much of my work. Natural shapes and patterns, light and the effect of mist provide the subject in many of my images.