Jason Cheney
Guy who draws
Jason Cheney
A.K.A Guy Who Draws
I love to make monsters! I love to explore and engage with the things that go bump in the night, live under
our beds and in our closets! My work serves to expose the nightmare visions that dwell within and uses
elements of science fiction, horror, fantasy and surrealism along with figurative subjects as a basis for its
conceptual and technical design.
My love for this subject matter has been with me since a small child, perhaps even in the womb. As a kid I
was raised on a healthy dose of horror, science fiction and fantasy. Nothing else satiates my creative needs.
This also crossed over into other areas as well. Comedy, music, literature; I have always had a tendency to
like the darker aspects of most things. I couldn’t get enough! I loved to be scared and engage in things just
a little twisted. This naturally permeated into my art as I found that I had an overactive imagination. I
would describe my work as exercises in self-indulgence.
I am deeply ensconced within Geek culture. As a kid it was never cool and it was a lonely place to be.
What I find exciting now is that all of the things I loved as a kid are accepted and very much part of the pop
culture conversation. The artists I like, the events I take part in and even the company I keep, all serve to
reinforce my artistic loves. I seem to always associate myself with people and places that have a specific
bond to these things. This group of freaks and geeks, as it were, share in my love for the sick, twisted and
just a little profane.
I have always loved drawing and harvesting images from the deep and dark recesses of my mind, but I
finally got serious and received a Bachelor in fine Arts from SUNY Oswego in 2008. If that weren’t
enough I entertains this crazy notion of spreading my influences to the masses as I have also received a
Masters of Arts in Art Education from SUNY Oswego in 2010 along with an MFA in Illustration from
Syracuse University in 2019. Currently, I teach within the Art Department of SUNY Oswego shaping and
warping the minds, skills, and hearts of the youth.
I am an artist, introvert, and lover of sick and twisted things. I make no apologies for the things I like and
the work I make.
I also have a serious love for cats and desperately want to become a bird watcher, but that’s a story for
another time…
A.K.A Guy Who Draws
I love to make monsters! I love to explore and engage with the things that go bump in the night, live under
our beds and in our closets! My work serves to expose the nightmare visions that dwell within and uses
elements of science fiction, horror, fantasy and surrealism along with figurative subjects as a basis for its
conceptual and technical design.
My love for this subject matter has been with me since a small child, perhaps even in the womb. As a kid I
was raised on a healthy dose of horror, science fiction and fantasy. Nothing else satiates my creative needs.
This also crossed over into other areas as well. Comedy, music, literature; I have always had a tendency to
like the darker aspects of most things. I couldn’t get enough! I loved to be scared and engage in things just
a little twisted. This naturally permeated into my art as I found that I had an overactive imagination. I
would describe my work as exercises in self-indulgence.
I am deeply ensconced within Geek culture. As a kid it was never cool and it was a lonely place to be.
What I find exciting now is that all of the things I loved as a kid are accepted and very much part of the pop
culture conversation. The artists I like, the events I take part in and even the company I keep, all serve to
reinforce my artistic loves. I seem to always associate myself with people and places that have a specific
bond to these things. This group of freaks and geeks, as it were, share in my love for the sick, twisted and
just a little profane.
I have always loved drawing and harvesting images from the deep and dark recesses of my mind, but I
finally got serious and received a Bachelor in fine Arts from SUNY Oswego in 2008. If that weren’t
enough I entertains this crazy notion of spreading my influences to the masses as I have also received a
Masters of Arts in Art Education from SUNY Oswego in 2010 along with an MFA in Illustration from
Syracuse University in 2019. Currently, I teach within the Art Department of SUNY Oswego shaping and
warping the minds, skills, and hearts of the youth.
I am an artist, introvert, and lover of sick and twisted things. I make no apologies for the things I like and
the work I make.
I also have a serious love for cats and desperately want to become a bird watcher, but that’s a story for
another time…
An incomplete list of Influences:
Derek Riggs, Jim Lee, Masamune Shirow, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Simon Bisley, Wes Bonscoter, Bill Waterson,
Mark Silvestri, Michael Kaluta, Bernie Wrightson, Jacek Yerka, Alphonse Mucha, Brom, Hugh Syme, Michael Whelan, Masami Obari, Kenichi Sonoda, Frank Frazzetta, Jeff Easley, Wayne Barlowe, Toshiro Hirano, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Godzilla, H.R.Giger, Tom Savini, Drew Struzan, Rob Bottin, Hayao Miyazaki, Brian Froud, Syd Mead, Jim Henson, Carravagio, Rick Baker, Neil Peart , Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, Steven Wilson, Jack McKinney, Ridley Scott, Terry Gilliam, John Carpenter, Steven Spielberg, John Hughes, Cockteau Twins,
John Williams, Shoji Kawamori, Judith Ann Benedict, Juan Perdiguero, Greg Gonzalez, Robotech, Iczer One, Bubblegum Crisis, Larry David, Frank Zappa, Joe Satriani, Tony Macalpine, HP Lovecraft, Weird Al Yankovic