Jon Wassom is a multi-facetted artist: movement, music and painting. A figure skater, gymnast, diver and instrumentalist, movement and musicality play a prominent and obvious role in Jon’s beautiful, interpretive compositions of people in contemporary environments. Utah native Jon traces his love of creation to His high school art teacher, Zan Burningham, who mentored him; her passion proved contagious and Jon went on to gain several high school awards and, eventually, an art scholarship to Utah State University. Jon’s five-year college art education proved priceless. The numerous life figure drawing and painting classes complement his natural talent. Essentially a colorist, His complex mind perceives form on several planes and he has the rare talent of being able to transfer his mental concepts onto canvas without reference images. His art evidences his mastery of color theory, additive and subtractive juxtapositions, and freedom of exploration in expressions of the human form. He gratefully acknowledges the influence of his Yale graduate professor, Woody Shepherd. Jon Wassom’s experience with athletic and artistic movement and consequent knowledge of human anatomy are strong influences that translate into the majestic, even spiritual human expression he captures with sensitivity and grace. Jon resides in Arizona with his husband, Felipe. He sells nationally and internationally, and The Marshall Gallery is pleased to welcome him as a major contemporary talent.