My name is Iverson Jack McGlasson aka Jax. I am an award winning studio artist located in Portland Oregon. My studio is named Basement Access Studio.  My work centers around drawing, painting, collage and mixed media design. I love the process of making art. I tend to combine divergent elements, lines and colors together in a single piece or series of pieces there-by creating questions, meaning, edginess and even discomfort for my viewers. I have been told that art should evoke, but not provoke. I disagree. I believe that art should follow the dictum of Andy Warhol who said; "Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further."

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My art is influenced by cartoons, 1920's prostitutes, gamblers, bookies and filthy streets. Currently I am attracted to Portland Oregon's homeless population, old animation, early jazz, crows and hippies. I admire the true greates of art such as Picasso, Van Gogh, Max Fleisher and Gene Haisley. I feel as though I am an outcast in the world of art because of my age, style and lack of an art degree...and I love it.