Kurt Jackson

Kurt Jackson (born 1961) is a leading English painter whose large canvases reflect a concern with natural history, ecology and environmental issues. Born in Blandford, Dorset, he developed an early interest in natural history and landscape. He studied zoology at St. Peter's College, Oxford, but spent most of his time attending classes at The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art or painting in the countryside around Oxford. In 1984 he and his wife Caroline moved to Cornwall; currently he lives and works near St Just, Penwith.

He paints in mixed media, drawing inspiration from the Cornish landscape around Penwith and elsewhere in the British Isles and abroad. Appearances on British television include 'Kurt Jackson, A Picture of Cornwall' BBC1 South West, 2005 and 'Kurt Jackson, A Picture of the South West', BBC3, 2005.

He has been Artist in Residence on the Greenpeace ship "Esperanza" and at the Eden Project. He is represented by the Lemon Street Gallery, Truro and by Messum's Gallery, in Cork Street, London.

The majority of Jackson's work features the intricacies of natural scenes in and around Cornwall, although he also sometimes works elsewhere in England and Europe. His paintings frequently carry small commentaries on the scene depicted and show a fascination particularly with the detail of plants and animals within an overall ecology and evoke a calm, spiritual and warm relationship with the landscape, even of apparently bleak scenes. His work has been described as "uplifting" and "transporting". ["Kurt Jackson" - Simon de Burton - Financial Times, January 20 2007]

Artist's statement

"In Cornwall my subjects are mostly places I know well, that I visit over and over again - certain areas of coast moorland and valleys. I also work on projects, usually one a year, which are either based on a particular aspect of Cornish culture or on a distinct track of countryside. Capturing a fleeting impression doesn’t interest me. In all my paintings the aim is to convey my feelings and sense of awareness in that particular environment." [ [http://www.kurtjackson.co.uk/] - Kurt Jackson website]

References

elected bibliography

* “Paintings of Cornwall and the Scillies”, Kurt Jackson, 1999, White Lane Press.
* “The Cape”, Kurt Jackson, Ronald Gaskell, 2002, Truran.
* “The Thames Project”, 2006, Lemon Street Gallery.

External links

* [http://www.kurtjackson.co.uk/ Kurt Jackson official website]
* [http://www.kurtjackson.com/ Kurt Jackson videos]
* [http://www.messums.com/artists_tn.asp?artist=Kurt+Jackson Kurt Jackson page] at [http://www.messums.com/ Messum's Fine Art]
* [http://www.lemonstreetgallery.co.uk/artist-kurt-jackson.asp?ArtistID=3 Kurt Jackson page] at the [http://www.lemonstreetgallery.co.uk/ Lemon Street Gallery]