Jason Woodard

I draw: flowers, fruits and vegetables, wine bottles, a shoe, people, the view from my windows, my porch, my yard, sleeping people, house plants, dead flowers, rotting fruits and vegetables, amongst many other things, but only from life, not pictures of things, for that would be to miss the point. Why do I draw these things, you ask? Many reasons: Is there an independent objective reality external to the self? OR Does the mind create the reality that is external to the self? OR How is anything …See all

I draw: flowers, fruits and vegetables, wine bottles, a shoe, people, the view from my windows, my porch, my yard, sleeping people, house plants, dead flowers, rotting fruits and vegetables, amongst many other things, but only from life, not pictures of things, for that would be to miss the point. Why do I draw these things, you ask? Many reasons: Is there an independent objective reality external to the self? OR Does the mind create the reality that is external to the self? OR How is anything ever graspable in a world that is in a constant state of flux? OR How do you define "self" and does "self" actually exist? OR Does anything exist and, if so, is to know one thing to know everything? OR Sometimes I draw things because they are beautiful. On different days I will give you a different answer.See less