Jack Hagerman was born and raised in the southwestern mountains of Virginia and southern West Virginia and grew up hunting and trapping the farms and woodlands near his home.

In 1989, he began his career as a full-time graphic artist which eventually led him to work for Disney, Warner Brothers, Sesame Street, NFL and Pokemon, to name a few. Being a self-taught artist in graphics and fine art, I won the National Wild Turkey Federation’s 2000 Grand National Art Contest after numerous best of shows and first place awards in several different media (oil, acrylic, watercolor, and pen and ink).