John Jaster

John was born in Columbus Ohio, graduated from Ohio State and lived in the mountains of Southern California for 20 years. Although John learned to draw and paint as a young boy, his degrees are in the computer science field. It wasn't until 2010, when his wife bought him a large easel and encouraged him to start painting again, that he began to take his art career seriously. Since then John has been selected in a number of gallery shows and juried contests, including the National Oil & Acrylic Painter's Society 2013 International On-line Exhibition and 2014 Best in America show. John's Carousel Horse #1 was featured in the June 2014 issue the Artist's magazine Competition Spotlight, and he was featured in the 'Artists to Watch' section of the Southwest Art March 2016 edition. John's acrylic painting have been included in AcrylicWorks Best of Acrylic Painting volumes 1-6, his Faces #4 was voter FAV15% in Bold Brush (May 2019) and Symphony in Color won Best in Show for the Fusion Art-Lines, Shapes & Colors Exhibition.

For the last several years John has been living and working in Dayton Ohio. Many of the scenes of his recent paintings are taken from the woodland parks and scenic back roads in the area. His 'Fountain Frolic', a pai...

John has a Masters degree in Computer Science but no formal Art education.

2020 Postcard From Yellowstone selected for Exhibition - NOAPS spring international online exhibit
2020 Faces #4 selected for exhibition - ISAP Open International Online Exhibition
2020 Faces #4 selected for exhibition - Bryn Du Art Exhibition
2020 Faces #3, Symohony in Color, LA commute Selected for book - Artavita 2nd issue of World Wide Art Magazine
2019 Faces #3 awarded the CHEAP JOES ART STUFF AWARD - 4th Annual ISAP Online All-Members Show
2019 Rounding Home selected for exhibition - 13th Annual Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry (OOVAR) Juried Exhibition
2019 Faces #3 won 3rd place; Faces 1 and 2 are Finalists - Fusion Art - 5th Annual Figures and Faces (October 2019)
2019 Faces #3 accepted for exhibition - ViewPoint 51
2019 Carousel Horse #1 won 10th place; After the Rain won Special Merit - Light Spaceand Time - 9th Annual Open
2019 Symphony in Color wins Best in Show - Fusion Art-Lines, Shapes and Colors
2019 Faces #4 selected as FAV15% - Bold Brush (May)
2019 Carousel Horse #1, Hide in Plain Sight selected for exhibition - Art-Competition.net contest The_Power_of_Color
2019 The Corner (Mainstreet Manti)won 3rd place - Fusion 4th Annual Cityscape
2019 Waiting for the Thaw won 2nd place in the ...