born IN RENO, NEVADA IN 1979, JAXON NORTHON TOOK TO ART WHEN YOUNG BUT TRULY BEGAN HIS OBSESSION WITH DRAWING PEOPLE AS A LATE TEEN WHILE RIDING THE MUNI BUSES OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE COMBINED CHALLENGE OF CAPTURING A LIKENESS AND EXPRESSING EMOTION THROUGH THE HUMAN FIGURE LED NORTHON TO BECOMING A SELF-TAUGHT PORTRAITIST IN OIL PAINTS. FORGOING ANY SEMBLANCE OF A FINANCIALLY STABLE LIFE, JAXON HUSTLED ON THE DAILY TO CREATE TIME FOR PAINTING AND DEVELOPING HIS CRAFT, BLENDING REALISM WITH AN ILLUSTRATIVE STYLE TO CAPTURE THE EMOTIONAL REALITIES OF HUMANS IN THEIR INDIVIDUALISM AND ISOLATION. NORTHON’S WORK HAS SINCE BEEN EXHIBITED AND SOLD AROUND THE WORLD AND HAS BEEN FEATURED IN AND ON THE COVER OF NUMEROUS MAGAZINES AND PUBLICATIONS. HE NOW LIVES IN HELL’S KITCHEN NYC, NEW YORK WITH HIS WIFE, The Beautiful CRYSTAL SUGARTOWN COLLAZO ESPARZA-NORTHON.