Jason Mecier
Painter
American artist who created celebrity portraits out of trash and recycled materials.
He had no formal artistic training and began his career by creating works of art out of dried foods and other household materials.
He created a vivid, pill-lined portrait of Whitney Houston.
He was inspired by his artist grandmother to find the raw materials of his art in his everyday surroundings.
He had portrait work commissioned by Paris Hilton and Dog the Bounty Hunter.