Far and Wide, 36”x36,” Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, by Jason Wilson.(Courtesy Jason Wilson) REFLECTION SYMMETRY JASON WILSON Tripartite, 48”x36,” Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, by Jason Wilson. (Courtesy Jason Wilson) When he is not traveling, The narrative of Wilson’s art enthusiasts will find journey into the art world Jason Wilson about two is incomplete without his hours away from the paternal grandparents who Oklahoma City area. Born were a constant during and raised in Hartshorne, his formative years. In Wilson now lives in fact, every aspect of his McAlester with his wife grandparents’ lives made Patte. His father was a a deep-and-life-long supervisor at Boeing impression on Wilson. in McAlester and his That includes meals in mother taught English at their home, with the entire Hartshorne High School. family squished around a tiny kitchen table. Art was integral to the now-57-year-old Wilson’s “My favorite meals were growing-up years. His fried squirrel with biscuits mother was an artist, and gravy,” Wilson says. although she never “I’m not sure why, but promoted her work. She squirrel gravy is the best painted landscapes, still gravy. Another favorite was life, animals, and cartoons, fried deer meat and gravy.” and gifted Hartshorne area residents with her Wilson’s paternal paintings. Also, Wilson grandfather told him, “I’d enjoyed art projects in rather try and fail, than school, and his mother never tried at all.” Those nurtured his inclination. As words still inspire Wilson well, he loved car models, as he pushes forward in painting by number, grid the art world and wrestles drawings, and other art- with rejections that come inspired childhood activities. with the territory. JASON WILSON: Carpe Artem Gallery, 1104 Northwest 30th Street, Oklahoma City, and Northern Shift, 36”x36,” Our Favorite Place, 127 North Main Street, Eufaula; Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, artbyjasonwilson.com; and Instagram @artbyjasonwilson. by Jason Wilson. (Courtesy Jason Wilson) 9 35