Voices of Experience - Jason Sacran

The Crossing 16 x 20” Oil

Jason Sacran is an artist/painter living in Arkansas. He has been invited to many juried exhibitions and his work has received awards with organizations such as the Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionists Society and has won top honors repeatedly at plein air events nationwide.

“I paint what catches my interest in the moment. This could be almost anything; an orchestration of shapes, color contrast, light and shadow patterns, a mood or atmosphere, a subject I have never tried, or a subject I enjoy, etc. I am drawn to paint places and things that say something about the day and time I live in now. Although my work is not necessarily subject driven, I find myself painting the overlooked and simultaneously familiar aspects of everyday life—scenes we pass by but rarely take the time to fully consider. In the chaos of daily life, I believe we all take the simple and familiar for granted. Sometimes it is th…