“One would be hard-pressed to make a direct coorelation between Craighead’s art and the cityscape. But the imprint is there in [his] spatial mapping, in his insistent gestural layering of painted and pencil-drawn lines, which are in turn layered and brushed over with pale washes that read as fog or atmosphere, a tangible exploration of the idea of air and space…”
– Amy White, The Independent Weekly

“If you have never seen [Jason’s] paintings before, they have the definite vibe of abstract expressionism, and they conjure up ghosts of everyone from Motherwell to Franz Kline to Cy Twombly.”
– Louis St. Lewis, Metro Magazine

“His urban vision is one of ladders and cranes, Franz Kline-inflected black calligraphic strokes, whitewashed by Pollock-like drips, reinscribed by tentative pencil and charcoal scrawls… Beneath the curtains of poured paint, edges of color and hidden activity hint at the processes of building and rebuilding that are part of both making a painting and making a city.”
– Michele Natale, Raleigh News & Observer

“These paintings are all about tearing down and rebuilding… [The artist] does this by laying on the paint, destroying the paint by covering it with more paint and then bringing the paint back. The compositions reveal as they conceal and offer many moments of contemplation. As the viewer, you do not see it immediately. You may think you are finished with the picture and turn away, but if you return, you see something that you did not see before.”
– Blue Greenberg, The Durham Herald-Sun

“Jason's current series on Cranes reflects the incredible energy as cities today are being formed. His bold strong brushstrokes reflect that energy. Jason has been able to interpret the rebirth of Atlanta in a very vigorous and lively way. His work has been very popular to those who live in the heart of not only Atlanta, but in New York, and other major US cities.”
– Anne Irwin, owner, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta

“It’s great to know other artists. It’s better to know other artists whose work keeps improving. It’s right at glorious to know someone who moves up the gallery chain just as their work takes a new direction. The precarious road to a career as an artist is full of potholes, bankruptcy, strained relationships and sometimes worse ends. So, when an artist battles his way up to the top of the local market, then spreads to the better galleries in Charlotte, and then Atlanta, it’s news.”
– Doug Stuber, Arts Ramble.com