Artist’s Statement
As far back as I can remember, I’ve been passionate about travel and the landscape and consider myself lucky to have lived in different countries. I love the feeling of waking up in a new place and wandering the streets, camera in hand, to capture anything unique and new to me. Whether I photograph them purely for photography’s sake, or use later in sketches or paintings, I never know at the time, but these photos are a constant source of inspiration and reference to me wherever I am.
Biography
Jackie is originally from New Zealand and has spent most of her adult life living overseas, in Sydney, London and Europe. Her works have been sold both through galleries and privately in Australia, Europe, Canada, USA and New Zealand.
She developed her love of painting in Sydney under the mentoring of well known Sydney artist, Sarah Aylward, and creating artworks are now a big part of her life.
Jackie enjoys painting in a wide range of mediums – from her earlier paintings in watercolour, ink and pastel, to her more recent work in acrylic, concentrating on colour and texture and often incorporating ink, charcoal and collage.
She is also a dedicated photographer, and is enjoying experimenting with the use of her many photographs in her paintings.
Jackie has now moved to live in the Tasman area of New Zealand, where she continues to work to capture the atmosphere of the local countryside.