Artist Perspective
“I don’t just create art — I create visual anchors for transformation. Each piece is a reflection of what’s possible when we let go of who we were and imagine something more vivid, more alive when we need it.”
Jason Toth, Cleveland Based Photographic Artist
T. York - Collector, Private Commission
Jason's ability to blend different images seamlessly into a cohesive composition is truly remarkable. Each element of the artwork tells a story, evoking emotions and memories that are deeply meaningful to us. Jason's talent and dedication shine through in his work, and we are so grateful to have had the opportunity to collaborate with him.
A Life Rebuilt Through Color
The surreal color photography started pouring out of me in a prolific way.
I create photographic art using architecture and public spaces as raw material. I alter color, form, and framing until the image reflects more emotion or memory than realistic documentation.
The Art That Came Through Me
I didn’t plan to become an artist. I was trying to find something solid when my world felt uncertain. This turned into a way of working—observing, reshaping, repeating. Sometimes I’m escaping. Sometimes I’m trying to see more clearly. I don’t always know which.
What I Hope You See in My Work
My work isn’t about nostalgia or realism. It’s about the tension between what’s there and what I need to see. It doesn’t ask for attention. But if it keeps yours, that’s enough.
Visit the Studio, Experience the Color in Person
I work out of my studio in 78th Street Studios. Most images start on foot, some from a moving vehicle at speed. Everything else is built in layers—slowly, deliberately, and without instruction.
Why I Create
I stopped creating for a long time.
I got small. I lost color. I forgot.
Creating didn’t save me, but it gave me somewhere to go.
It doesn’t always feel good.
But it’s something I trust, sometimes the only thing I trust.
Without it, I can lose track of myself. I become background noise in my own life.
Within it, I come back.
Why I Create What I Create
I start with real places—things I’ve photographed, places I’ve been.
Then I change them until they look like something I could stand to live inside with wonder.
Color is the lever I pull.
I use it to inject life where I don’t always feel it.
Sometimes the final piece looks like a dream. Sometimes it looks like noise.
The catalyst is always real.
Everything I use is mine—my photos, my edits, my choices, my mistakes.
I loop between Lightroom and Photoshop until the piece feels like it’s breathing and evolving on its own.
I never know what it’s going to become. That’s part of the point.
Where This Is Going
I want to keep creating things that don’t need to be explained.
Things you feel before you understand.
Through visuals, sound, space, light—whatever form it takes—I want to keep making work that opens people up a little.
Even if nothing is said out loud.
Especially then.
And Why It Matters
I make it for me.
But when someone else feels it too—really feels it—it’s proof I wasn’t imagining the whole thing.
That kind of connection is rare. A shared Truth.
When it happens,
It feels like freedom.
📍 Studio Location
I'm based out of 78th Street Studios in Cleveland, Ohio — Suite 104A, first door on the left. My studio-gallery is open during Third Fridays or by appointment.
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