Native Floridian, Jason Mathias was born in 1981 in Stuart Florida
where some of his earliest memories are of the ocean aboard his
grandfather's charter boat "Do Stay." As a child, Jason's two
favorite pastimes were drawing and fishing and it wasn't before
long that he started combining the two.
After graduating from high school as art student of the month,
Jason was accepted into The Ringling School of Art & Design where
he majored in Illustration and quickly became known to both fellow
students and faculty as "the fish guy."
While at Ringling, the artist began his practice of taking
underwater video footage to use as reference material for his
growing portfolio of realistic marine life paintings.
While still a student, he launched his career creating murals and
commissioned artwork and also freelanced illustrations for Mote
Marine
Laboratories - an experience that not only won him recognition for
his unique talents as a marine life illustrator, but also
focused him more fully than ever on his chosen path as a marine
and wildlife artist.
Within the first two years of graduating from Ringling school of
art and design Jason was the premier featured artist at (IGFA)
International Game Fish Association museum of hall of fame. Jason
had also been featured artist numerous times and made several
print signing appearances with (CCA) Costal Conservation
Association, and has been featured in many Galleries. You can now
find Jason's works in stores and museums throughout Florida.
Jason's current fine art compositions in oils, acrylics and
watercolors are drawn from the extensive underwater digital video
he takes while diving off the Florida coasts and in the Cayman
Islands.
