RIG Arts co-founder Jason Orr describes himself as a fine artist, sculptor, production designer, art director, and propmaster. In 1979, after he and his school pals had been on a visit to Scotland Street School Museum, they found themselves outside the old Stirling Library in Glasgow which is now the Gallery of Modern Art. Jason grabbed a traffic cone, scaled the Duke of Wellington statue, and planted the cone on Wellington's head - making him the creator of the now iconic scene.
The artist said: "It had stirrups and a sword at that time so it was easier to climb up and down! "At Scotland Street School that day, we learned that if we were naughty in school at that time, we would get a dunce's cap, and that really struck a chord with me. "I was annoyed that the Duke of Wellington wore a golden fleece as I thought it should only be Jason from Jason and the Argonauts that wore a golden fleece. "Storytelling has always been a big part of my life, and I never limit myself as an artist.
" Jason was born in Paisley in 1969 and brought up in Glasgow’s southside. He knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of three after his grandfather James Sherlock took him to all of the libraries and galleries in Glasgow. Jason attended St Albert's and then St Mirin's primary schools in Glasgow and in both schools, he was taught by Billy Connolly's sister Mrs Dickson, meaning that he got to meet the Big Yin on two occasions.
He said: "Billy was amazing. "He was in his big banana boots era and .
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