About the Artist

About me and my work

Hi and welcome to the “About the Artist” bit.

My name is Terry (Teresa) Jackson, I was born in 1958 and I live in beautiful Adelaide in South Australia with my partner Dave, crazy dog Twitch and my daughter's rabbit Chino (short for Cappuccino.)

I am a fabulous mum, pretty decent cook, lousy gardener and practicing procrastinator. I am a hug-a-tree-save-the-whales-and-don't-waste-water kind of person and have been told I would have made a great hippy.

Nowadays I am an artist but this wasn't always so.

Now, I could say that being an artist has been my lifelong passion, that I was drawn (pardon the pun) to portraying animals by some mysterious or overwhelming force. I could say that I am an art school graduate with years and years of experience behind me....yes I could say all of that but I won't because none of that is true...this is....

The early stuff!!!

This is where it all began, before I had even tried to draw animals. I don't do a lot of portraiture nowadays unless on special commission but here is a little of how I started. I am hoping i have improved a little by now

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Please note that the scanned quality of these sketches is not good due to my um...(can I say 'crappy' on the Internet?) scanner.

Now before I start on all the technical details (of which there won't be many) I must say that when I do a portrait, I don't try to 'pretty it up'. I try to sketch it as closely as possible to the photo I'm working from. In other words all the wrinkles, bags, lumps and bumps are there which, to me, is the way it should be. After all, it's our imperfections that make us perfect and who am I to mess with perfection?! (And if that's the criteria, I'm as perfect as they come!...ahem.).

Events and Achievements

Achievements :

2007 – Campbelltown Art Show and Sale – People's Choice Award (“Pride and Joy”). Purchased by Campbelltown City Council and now hanging in their front offices.

2008 – Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize – Highly Commended (“Happy Endings”). This piece also toured to Canberra where it was exhibited at the National Archives.

2009 – Featured Artist – April edition -Wet Canvas Magazine.

2009 – Critique of “Tusk” - August – By Eric Tilden

2009 – Solo Exhibition in conjunction with the SALA (South Australian Living Artists) festival.

2009 – Featured Artist – August edition – Nature's Paintbox eZine.

2010 - Campbelltown Art Show and Sale (April)

2010 - Lions Club of Glenside (Inc) 2010 Art Show (May)

2010 - Solo Exhibition in conjunction with the SALA (South Australian Living Artists) festival. Held at the Santos Conservation Centre, Adelaide Zoo.

2010 - SALA on Sale

2010 - Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize – "Not So Different" was successfully juried into this show. Sold!

Galleries :

None at present since the one I was at closed to to 'partnership differences'.

Member of :

Artworkers

The Pastel Association of South Australia (PASA)

Port Community Art Centre