Jason David Faries Born on August 7, 1970 Born and raised in Los Gatos, CA.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

I grew up in Los Gatos, a nice quiet town between Santa Cruz and San Jose in the northern part of California. Los Gatos provided a nice quiet upbringing, with many trees and fresh air around. I started out small, like most other kids. Average height, but no indications of future giantism. Drawing and art was more of a hobby growing up, a thing to do to place creative visions on paper. Not much focus on studying art or technique, just grabbing a pencil and paper and having fun. I actually was not big on museums.

A big influence, however, was comic books and comic book art. Around the age of 7, I got my first comic book, Captain America, with art by Jack Kirby. It was one of those 3-packs that airports used to sell on the book stands. I discovered the Fantastic Four and Spider Man, and began to pick up the occasional comic from the local 7-11.

Feeling a bit burnt out from Los Angeles and the lack of social life, I decided to apply to art school and continue my education. I applied to three colleges, and picked UC Davis, since it had been home to the San Francisco art giants (Thiebaud, Maplethorpe, Adams, Diebenkorn, among others had all taught there over the years). When I got to Davis, I had never used oil paintings before. The first time I used them, I painted a model and her skin tunred out a bit muddy in color. But I figured I should keep practicing.

Teachers of Influence:

Wayne Thiebaud, renowned artist and professor who gave me new knowledge about working with paint

Dr. Michael J. Cody, professor of communications at USC who taught me all about persuasion and nonverbal communication

Education:

Hobbies

• Volleyball
  
• Art
  
• Photography
  
• Reading
  
• Watching movies
  
• Learning
  
• Interacting

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