Many times during a recent interview, local artist Jon Savage calls his art his “expressions.” To use a term like this isn’t all that unusual for an artist to describe their work. After all, what is visual art if not the true expression of the artist who makes it.
“I am an artist, but I am also a deaf person and I grew up with a large percentage of family who were not deaf,” says Savage, who grew up mostly in the Visalia area before moving to San Diego in 1985. “So it was hard to tell if I was normal or not normal. Both my parents were hearing and throughout my childhood I had never met another deaf person. My expressions were about what I could see, what I could experience, and I put that in my art.
Then, 10 years ago, he decided to devote himself full-time to his art. In 2012, he curated “7240,” a group show of national and international deaf artists held at Space 4 Art. The title of the exhibition refers to the year he was born and the age he was turning that year . Some of the work that will be on display includes pieces that are directly informed by his deaf experience. One of the series, which he’s titled “Turquoise,” includes works that focuses on deaf people in the local community. In the color scheme, turquoise represents instinct, and Savage says that he hopes the work inspires those in the Deaf community to follow their instincts and to persevere toward whatever their goal may be.
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