Helen Jackson Art |
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Welcome: You
have arrived at the site of Dorset artist, Helen Jackson BA, based
for the moment in the idylic seaside town of Swanage. I originally
trained as a textile designer at Winchester Art College hence the
abundance of colours and texture in my paintings.
Inspiration: I think its roots are based in the long Sunday mornings spent in Southwell Minister surrounded by columns and history - pitted stone surfaces, remnants of paint and strings of half understood mysterious words. Combine this feeling with a tatty book of Egyptian frescos I found in a College Library – all earthy colours, worn surfaces and strange magical animals whose stories and meanings I did not know. I have always sort out the peaceful space that you can not put into words but that a picture (or music) can easily express. The moment in a dream where you catch a glimpse of something a meaning, suddenly in focus, then gone. I don't think it matters if you understand the original truth, but that you sense it and interpret it through your own experience. That is what I am trying to do - to create my own visual mythologies and fairy tales. Techniques: Favourite
artists: I hope you enjoy looking at the images in the gallery - please feel free to let me know what you think! Helen Jackson's Previous Exhibitions: Mulberry
Gallery, Swanage, Dorset |
© Helen Jackson 2009