Ken Jackson is a native of London ON, where he maintains his home and studio. As a child and living in the suburbs, he preferred solitary ramblings in woodlands to games with boys his own age. "I was not a lonely child but one who enjoyed  being alone". This early love for nature shows consistently throughout his work; yet also becomes apparent in his talent handling of single figures, set unposed, in  their natural environment. Where the studio portraiturist shows the underlying character of the subject by setting, costume, lighting and idiosyncratic gesture, Jackson catches the  personality of the sitter as he or she seems to move through space as though unconscious of being  observed. The resultant likeness in each case is photographic or, realistic in the best sense.  His early career, after leaving H.B Beal Technical School graduating in commercial art, began ...    Cont'd


To see the paintings of Ken Jackson is, in a sense, to also recognize the man.  Each one the result of careful and solid planning, there is the requisite attention to detail, the composition is well defined and balanced, and the colours full of earth tones, releasing the greens of landscape and bright colours evenly, just as nature itself does.  He is a strong and mature individual with an easy going and friendly personality, ever ready to help someone in need, capable and experienced when constructing things with his hands and with a designer's eye and foresight and, finally, possessing a deep and reflective interest in art.