An accomplished painter, sculptor and jewelry designer, Jon has lived among incredibly diverse cross sections of the world’s people, from Central America to the Far East, and his designs show the influences of classical Moorish motifs, Native American spirits, ancient petroglyphs, Celtic themes, and more.

Born the thirteenth son of an immigrant lettuce rancher in Kingman, Arizona, Anderson was forced from the comfort of the family doublewide during the great Iceberg Stampede of 1960, when all 200,000 head moved on to California.

His formal art education hit a crescendo while studying at the Universidad de Las Americas under Sr. Julio Chavez, portrait artist to the Spanish Court, a position formerly held by such world renowned artists as Francisco Goya. Domestically, Jon holds a Masters degree from Texas A&M.