Scott Jackson  : Australian Artist  

 Born:  Brisbane, Australia 

  I am an Australian Artist living near Crescent Head on Mid North Coast of NSW, about half way between Sydney and Brisbane. Its a great place to live.

  I'm lucky to have the bush, beach and sea to be inspiration for creating paintings.

  A bit of history on me is that I've always been around art and craft my whole life as my dad was also an artist, so are most of my family, so it just seemed sort of normal that the sort of things associated with art and making art have always been laying around or hanging up somewhere.

  For over 23 years I have been creating paintings and for the last eight years I have been lucky enough to be able to work on producing art full time.

  I am essentially a self taught artist (with a few instructions lessons from my Dad) and work mainly in oils and acrylics, with the occasional ink and watercolour. I also like ink drawing and sketching of the landscape and life drawing.

  In particular I like working with painting knives and brushes as it allows me to put the paint on thick and get down some good texture.

  I also like working with various underpainting colours and textures as it can allow some very interesting effects to come through to the upper layers of paint. Oils are particularly good when working with transparent colours.

  I'm especially intrigued by the "sgraffito" or scratching back effects that can be achieved through layers of colour and as a method of incorporating detail in thick painted textures. I like working on the surfaces of canvas on board, wood or hardboard and stretched canvas and linen.

  I would probably classify my work as impressionist and expressionist landscape, seascape and skyscapes, either way its just the type of paintings I make so I don't get to hung up on what they might be classified as. I just like making them and lots of people like looking at them and purchasing them, so that's great.

  On the subject and composition of the paintings ..... I've always been involved in the lifestyle associated with the coast and the bush from fishing, diving and surfing to bush walking and camping so it seems that many of my paintings are associated with beaches, headlands, bush, nature and landscape.

  My paintings will tend to be places I've been or seen as well as composites of the various aspects of the site and the natural world that have appealed to me. So mix this with the beauty of the colour and the texture of paint and then I can really have some fun.

 Thanks for looking at the work.

Currently Exhibiting at :

 Wonderland Art Gallery and Framing, Kempsey, NSW

Blue Poles Cafe Gallery, Byabarra, NSW

The Old Lodge Gallery and Riverbank Café, Gladstone, NSW

Sutherland Art Gallery, Sutherland, Sydney, NSW

Wave Ring Wall Gallery , The Mediterranean Motel, Crescent Head, NSW

John Theiring Contemporary Art Space Gallery, Kinchela St , Gladstone,NSW

Scott Jackson Artworks, Studio/ Gallery, Via Crescent Head, NSW

 www.scottjacksonartworks.com.au  : Website display of images 

Solo Exhibitions: ---------------------------------------------------

2009/2010  "Colour, Coast and Country" Exhibition December2009/January 2010 at Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery, Gladstone, NSW

2009  "The Green Room: Forest, Bush and Coast"Exhibition at Sea Acres Rainforest Centre, Port Macquarie

2009  "Waters Edge", Exhibition January 2009 at Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery, Gladstone

 2008  "Coast and Country",September 2009, Dovetail Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW.

2008 "Natures Fantastique" at Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery, Gladstone, January 2008

2006 "Earth Elements: Images of Sky, Sea and Land" Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery, Gladstone. December 2006

2006 " Inspirations from the Coast", Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery, Gladstone. January 2006

2005 Spring Exhibition, Netherby House, Kempsey

2005 "Land, Sea and Sky" Gallery Oscar , Pymble , Sydney June / July 2005

2004 “Second Time Round” , Netherby House, Kempsey

2003 “ Its about Time”, Netherby House, Kempsey

Group Exhibitions:  ---------------------------------------------------------

The most recent being ;

2009 Malibu Classic Surf Art Exhibition, Crescent Head, NSW.

2008 “Men at Work” Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery, Gladstone NSW

2008 “Coastal Flow” Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery, Gladstone NSW

2008 Malibu Classic Surf Art Exhibition, Crescent Head

2008 Crescent Head Art Exhibition, Crescent Head,

2007 Port Art Feast, Port Macquarie, NSW. October

2007 Annual September Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery , Gladstone

2007 Malibu Classic Surf Art Exhibition, Crescent Head

2006 Adelaide Swift Memorial Art Exhibition, South West Rocks.

2006 Annual Crescent Head P&C Art Exhibition, Crescent Head

2006 Riverside Festival, Kempsey, NSW

2005 Art Fest, Port Macquarie, NSW

2005 Annual Easter Art Exhibition, Port Macquarie

2005 Kempsey Art Prize, Gladstone.

2004 The Old Lodge Gallery and Riverbank Café, Gladstone, NSW

2004 Netherby House, Café and Gallery, Kempsey, NSW

2003 Port Macquarie – Hastings Heritage Art Award Exhibition, Port Macquarie

2003 “Hand Made in the Macleay” Exhibition, Netherby House, Kempsey

2003 Annual Crescent Head P&C Art Exhibition, Crescent Head,

2003 Kempsey Art Prize, Gladstone.

2003 Inaugural Art Exhibition and Sale, St Peters, Port Macquarie

2002 Port Macquarie – Hastings Heritage Art Award Exhibition, Port Macquarie

1996- 1999 Roundabout Gallery, Kempsey.

Prior to 1996 various exhibitions Kempsey, Coffs Harbour, and Port Macquarie    

Previously Exhibited at:    -----------------------------------------------

Gaol Break Cafe Gallery, South West Rocks, NSW

Dovetail Design Furniture and Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW

 Greenstone Gallery, Emerald Beach, NSW

Gallery Oscar , Pymble, Sydney 

Beaches Restaurant, The Mediterranean Motel, Crescent Head, NSW

Design Establishment,  Surry Hills, Sydney

Netherby House, , Kempsey, NSW

The Art Place,, Dorrigo, NSW

Lake Russel Gallery,Emerald Beach, Coffs Harbour, NSW

  The distant Past ----------------------------------

Fibre Art Wall Hangings

Late 1970s Various Exhibitions and Galleries in Sydney and South East Queensland

  Invitations:------------------------------------------------

2009- Invited to exhibit at the Florence Biennale, Forence Italy for 2009. ( pending sponsorship and funding availability.)

2006- Invited to exhibit at the Florence Biennale, Forence Italy for 2007. 

  Education:-----------------------------------------------

  1981 Bachelor of Arts (Interdisciplinary  : Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology), Macquarie University , Sydney

Art Instruction  under  Alan Jackson, Artist.

Life drawing workshops, Kempsey

  Workshops and Teaching:------------------------------------------

Facilitated and run the following:

Art Classes in Oil Painting, Kempsey

Art Classes in Acrylic Painting , Kempsey

“Your Art Exhibition”, Workshop, for Kempsey Community Art Gallery

Private individual tuition in painting and art practise. 

  Collections:------------------------------------------

Scotts Paintings and Prints hang in numerous private collections including ; 

    Internationally ;The USA, England, Finland, Singapore, New Zealand and Hong Kong and 

    Nationally in Sydney , Brisbane, The Gold Coast, Kempsey, Port Macquarie, Scotts Head, Taree , Armidale, Grafton, Tweed Heads, Crescent Head and South West Rocks.

Scotts prints have also been given as gifts by local government t Australia Day celebrations

   Affiliations:-------------------------------------------

Previous Member National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA)

Other

   ARTIST of the MONTH December 2005 on the Arts Mid North Coast website.

sjacko1@bigpond.com     www.scottjacksonartworks.com.au

122 Wortley Drive ,Via Crescent Head, NSW, 2440  Phone: 0265 660 182  

ABN 580 8156 4402

March 2010