After a successful 10-year career as a professional basketball player in the NBA, Desmond Mason focused on his passion for creating art. He majored in studio art where he was able to expand his knowledge of art history and further develop his technical skills in painting and drawing. By his senior year, Mason began to earn national attention not only for his talent in basketball, but also for his artistic ability. After leaving basketball behind in 2009, Mason settled in Oklahoma City and now creates artwork from his studio in the Midtown area.

In addition to ceramics, Mason paints with latex, oils, watercolors and acrylics. He finds influence in styles from some of his favorite abstract artists – Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. However, his greatest inspiration comes from his college sweetheart and wife Andrea, and their two children.

Mason sees his career in art as an opportunity for philanthropy. In 2004, he founded the Desmond Mason Art Show in which his artwork is sold and the proceeds are donated to numerous local charities. He has sold over 160 works of art to collectors all over the world.