Jason Van Hoose, 43, of Youngstown is a successful artist ...

Special to The Vindicator | published: March 24, 2010

Jason Van Hoose, 43, of Youngstown is a successful artist known for his surreal and Gothic nature landscapes and a series of controversial portraits of former U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. Louis Zona, director of the Butler Institute of American Art, said he would rank Van Hoose among the very best artists in the Mahoning Valley.