photo courtesy of Pete Millson
Mike Jackson, artist
Mike Jackson
Born in Bournemouth, and now living in Holywell near Evershot, West Dorset, I studied at Bournemouth College of Art and worked for many years as a Graphic Designer and Art Director within the Advertising Industry.
Recent paintings explore the ever-changing landscape and coastline of Dorset throughout the seasons. With its ancient history above and beneath the surface, weathered and windswept hills, woods and chalk downland overseen by large grand skies, the interaction of light and land, sea and sky reveals worn and textured landmarks and patterns, which dominate the main themes of my work.
In September 2012 Mike won the Stella and Trevor Jones Award for Contemporary Art at the Dorchester Art Club Open Exhibition and the following year he won the Committee's Choice Prize at the 2013 Dorchester Art Club Open Exhibition.
In September 2012 Mike won the Stella and Trevor Jones Award for Contemporary Art at the Dorchester Art Club Open Exhibition and the following year he won the Committee's Choice Prize at the 2013 Dorchester Art Club Open Exhibition.
Solo Exhibitions include:
Branksome Park Gallery, sponsored by Prowting Homes West Ltd,
in conjunction with a commission for paintings of Dorset.
Le Vieux Four, Beaminster
Whitestones Gallery, Portland,
Dorset Arts Weeks, Open Studio, Holywell
Two and three person Exhibitions:
Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne
Acanthus Gallery, Wareham
"Three's Company": Creative Art Exhibition by Billie Willcocks, Brian Cocks and Mike Jackson at Symondsbury Estate, 2014
"Three of a Kind": Brian Cocks, Mike Jackson and Billie Willcocks exhibition at
Iminster Arts Centre, 2015
Group Exhibitions include:
The Old Pottery, Manor Yard
South West Academy Open Exhibition 2014
Dorchester Art Club Open Exhibition
South West Academy Open Exhibition 2014
Dorchester Art Club Open Exhibition
Sherborne Art Club Annual Open Exhibition
Wessex Fine Art and Ceramics, Wareham
Art@Eype 4, Eype
Art@Eype 2015: Joint exhibition by Sally Davies, Elizabeth Paine, David Brooke, Caroline
Ireland, Leonard Hollands & Mike Jackson, Eype Centre for the Arts,
Ireland, Leonard Hollands & Mike Jackson, Eype Centre for the Arts,
Summer Exhibition at Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne
Bettles Gallery, Ringwood
The Maltby Gallery, Winchester
Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne
The Little Gallery, Beaminster
Leigh Art Exhibition, Sherborne
Gallery on the Wey, Upwey
Le Vieux Four, Beaminster
Burton Bradstock Festival of Music & Art
Paintings are also in private and corporate collections in Dorset, Devon, Oxford, London and Edinburgh.
