Jason Diller was born in Duluth Minnesota, on October 9, 1970. Moved to Gallup, New Mexico. Then until now lived in Indiana, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas, North Dakota, for a little bit. Started showing artwork in carnivals when he was 14 using pencil and watercolor. Larry Bernhardt taught him some drawing skills – a blind street painter from Chicago about nineteen years ago. Got to know a guy named Bruce Campbell from Marion, Indiana and Central Nigeria. Listened to him a lot. Heard good critiques from a clawhammer banjo player called Soup - a real old time country rock-and-roller. Jason's love to create was encouraged at a young age. He went on to study art formally at Taylor University, and Ball State University, as a Masters student. In 1993, he took an internship at a print shop in Ghana, West Africa, where his experiences developed an interest in linguistics. Following his newfound interest, he worked in both Francophone West Africa and Thailand as a language surveyor with SIL. His watercolors, sketchbook, and camera always traveled with him. The Limner Society has given him renewed encouragement in the visual arts and a structured creative outlet. A meeting with artist Lee Bontecou at the MOMA in 2004 was a boost to his efforts in balancing visual arts with additional interests. He asks Jesus for perserverence in the vision that God has given him and the Limners. When not conducting research in SE Asia, Jason lives in Arizona where he is pursuing a PhD in linguistics at Arizona State University.
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