** Currently in Antwerp**
Jackson is a native of Upstate South Carolina. He currently resides in Toronto but will be in the Chattanooga and Boston areas in 2023. Jackson has been perfecting his talent for more than 32 years.

Jackson always knew that he wanted to make a mark on the world and realized that art was the way to achieve this goal. Jackson obtained his degree in Commercial Arts from International Fine Arts College in Miami, Florida. During his college years and afterwards; Jackson worked successfully as a freelance artist and for a modeling agency in South Florida for few years. Photography took across the US before he started shooting and painting over seas.

Jackson comprised an idea to form an artist group that would allow artists to network with fellow artists. The main goal was to spread the wealth of information and opportunities that are in the art world for artists that aren't in the art circles. EXODUS-The Artist Collective was born from that idea and connecting with the right artists. Over the span of 17 years, Exodus Artists have had nationally and internationally recognized gallery and museum exhibitions across the United States.

Jackson considers himself to be a maverick when it comes to the arts; always pushing the envelope. Jackson's work isn't characterized by a particular style; but by a mood. When you see his use of beautiful complimentary colors, creativeness, smooth application and great work technique, you feel his art as well. Jackson says,"With my paintings I try to achieve a visual delight for the senses. The type of artwork that you can just look at endlessly and never grow tired of it... Like a visual enigma, that has you always looking for the key of why you are drawn in by my artwork. In essence, I think that my artwork really reflects my mood at times, so I paint to release what ever it is that I feel. Which to me equals pulchritude."

Jackson has stated, "There are things that I haven't done as of yet but would like the opportunity to do, eventually open my own photography studio for others to use or artist retreat in the Americas or Southeast Asia. To me, it's just a matter of time."

In the past few years with photography Jackson has been working with HDR, industrial and abstract fine art imagery. Although he's rarely shown any of his new work in the past 5 - 7 years due travels and living abroad. He has decided to connect, collaborate, and work with models, make-up artists, photo editors, and other photographers on www.modelmayhem.com.

Formerly living and working in Dubai, Egypt, Belgium, Netherlands, and Canada to name a few countries; Jackson travels to exotic places such as Bali, Kuala Lumpor, Bangkok, Panama, Philippines, Hong Kong, Egypt, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Paris and the list continues. He likes to travel and shoots models near his destination or to shoot some creative and artistic works. Jackson is now located in Toronto and looking to work with models, make-up artists, photo editors, and photographers in the surrounding area.

Jackson's clients have included Fortune 500 corporations, trade publications and private clients. He is looking forward to completing some personal and commercial work with the right models and who may also looking to do some artistic, creative and works.

So if you'd like to do some work with Ra (as his friends call him), reach out and discuss some projects or ideas. He shoots majority paid work, but is always looking to collaborate with talented models, make-up artist, photographers, and fine artist.

Tags

See All Tags (22)