Artist Information:
Nancy Jackson
Vallejo, CA
United States
Member Since: Mar 2004
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Artist Statement:
To reveal the rich
possibilities of hope within
the universal human
experiences of loneliness and
isolation seems a good goal
for Human exploration, so this
is what I do. I am especially
interested in developing
images that unite the
spiritual and material world.
Though I have worked most of
my life with total abstraction
to accomplish my task, I also
have found the
semi-abstraction of Russian
and Greek icons to be powerful
locations of these ideas.
I ground my work in the
fundamental premise that good
and evil cannot be clearly
defined and that this mystery
holds each of us captive to an
existence that may not always
produce comfort, happiness and
security as defined by our
culture. It is my goal to
expose the possibilities
within this mystery and to
discourage escapism.
Images of movement, change and
transformation and a sense of
being guarded, protected and
nurtured in the transformative
process are also important
ideas in many of my works. My
understanding of being
"guarded, protected and
nurtured" does not exclude
suffering, and it is not equal
to "happiness, comfort and
security."
Additionally, my artwork is
the continuing creation of my
life vision; a vehicle and, at
the ...
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Collections:
Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, IA
(permanent textile collection)
Other private and public
collections not listed
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Nancy Jackson's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Nancy Jackson's Portfolio.
To reveal the rich possibilities of hope within the universal human experiences of loneliness and isolation seems a good goal for Human exploration, so this is what I do. I am especially interested in developing images that unite the spiritual and material world. Though I have worked most of my life with total abstraction to accomplish my task, I also have found the semi-abstraction of Russian and Greek icons to be powerful locations of these ideas.
I ground my work in the fundamental premise that good and evil cannot be clearly defined and that this mystery holds each of us captive to an existence that may not always produce comfort, happiness and security as defined by our culture. It is my goal to expose the possibilities within this mystery and to discourage escapism.
Images of movement, change and transformation and a sense of being guarded, protected and nurtured in the transformative process are also important ideas in many of my works. My understanding of being "guarded, protected and nurtured" does not exclude suffering, and it is not equal to "happiness, comfort and security."
Additionally, my artwork is the continuing creation of my life vision; a vehicle and, at the ... |
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