H.J. Jackson Biography
John Jackson was born in 1938 at Kings Lynn and lived in a railway house at Harbour Junction beside the main Kings Lynn to London line. In 1953 he cut his first piece of lino and produced a small print of a 'Galleon in full sail' printed in a single colour. This print, together with other work, helped him secure a place at the Norwich School of Art.
A linocut is a relief printing technique using engraved lino. Apart from lino the only equipment required is tracing and carbon paper, pens, pencils, brushes and inks, gouges, rollers, oil based printing inks and handmade paper - and in Jackson's case a tobacco tin for burnishing.
In 1995 the opportunity arose to pursue printmaking full time. This has allowed him to increase the volume of new work and to re-introduce older prints which had been abandoned in mid-edition. Jackson has also been able to increase his subject matter to include field and garden studies, whilst still continuing to produce prints of derelict buildings and the declining fishing industry, for which he has become well known. He now shows work with an increasing number of galleries and is involved in new and challenging projects.
H.J. Jackson is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers; and an exhibitor with the Society since 1961. He is also a Member of the Society of Wood Engravers and an exhibitor since the 1960's.
Recent Exhibitions Include
2001
The Grapevine Gallery, Norwich (40 years of boat prints)
2004
Bircham Gallery, Norfolk. "Print Season 2/2004"