About

In case you’re wondering, ‘Trustin’ isn’t some made up moniker. It’s my actual middle name. Some of you know me as Jake Trustin (the artist), others know me as Mr/Coach Williams from when I used to teach high school art and coach football. But most of you probably just know me as Jake. Art has always been a huge part of my life. I started as a little kid drawing pictures of superheroes, then athletes, and then anything and everything else.

The older I get, the more I realize life is more of a DIY kinda thing than a playbook you can follow. That’s why, a few years ago when I was feeling particularly stuck in life, I decided to set up my own DIY tour through America and Europe. I backpacked 45,000+ miles by way of planes, trains, and automobiles bringing a journal and sketchbook with me to document the experience. When I came back, I made a bunch of paintings and wrote a story to go with it. That’s what my book, ‘Organic Reconstruction’ is about. You should check it out.

I quit teaching end of the 2020-21 school year to begin working for myself as a full time freelance artist. I currently work as a painter, graphic designer, muralist, and illustrator serving a wide range of companies and individual clients.