|
|
Jackson says, “My personal history is
grounded in the early 1970’s at Northern Virginia Community
College, where I studied drawing and painting with Jean Auvil.
The Washington Color Painters were a dominant force in the art
world at the time. Auvil
taught staining techniques on unprimed canvas, a method used
by Helen Frankenthaler beginning in the late 1950’s.
The Washington Color Painters – Morris Louis, Kenneth
Nolan, Gene Davis, Paul Reed, Howard Mehring, and Thomas
Downing – explored the possibilities of the staining
process, pushing it to new levels.
Staining gives the canvas a glow and a
depth with its matte finish that is not accomplished by other
methods. During the 1970’s my work was representational and it was
not until thirty-two years later that the seeds of abstraction
and color, sown by Jean Auvil, germinated.
Recently I have had the good fortune to establish a
friendship with Paul Reed, a prominent member of the original
Washington Color Painters movement.
Paul still paints every day.
I have never grown tired of looking at
color. Its
psychological impact stimulates the emotions consciously and
unconsciously. In
representational or abstract images, color is a unifying
element….The use of color in painting has yet to find its
end. Color continues to challenge and inspire me.”
|
