The BBC published a piece on Kurt Jackson’s sculpture made from recycled personal protective equipment (PPE) that was recently unveiled at Treliske hospital to mark six years since the first Covid lockdown.

Kurt Jackson designed The Nurse’s Hands – a pair of cupped hands wearing surgical gloves – as a tribute to “those who care and those we lost” during the pandemic.

The piece now stands in the Critical Care Healing Garden at Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.

Jackson used PPE that had been collected and recycled on site, after learning about the hospital’s efforts to reuse materials. Dr Joe Parker, who works in intensive care, said using PPE to make the sculpture would “be heard and felt by everyone” at the hospital.

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“Dedicated to those who care, and those we lost.”

Kurt Jackson: The Nurse’s Hands. 2024. Recycled PPE.

Last week, Kurt delivered this sculpture dedicated to nurses of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and those who’ve passed in their care.

Kurt’s sculpture is made from recycled PPE gloves, and was inspired by the tireless work of NHS staff during the Covid Pandemic and those who sadly lost their lives during that period.

It also serves as an ongoing sign of respect and appreciation for their ongoing hard work and daily dedication in looking after all of us.

The Nurses Hand’s are now in situ at the Critical Care Garden at Treliske Hospital, Truro.

The Critical Care Garden was the brainchild of explorer, author, and environmentalist Robin Hanbury-Tenison, who worked to fundraise to create an oasis of calm within the hospital grounds, where patients can reconnect with nature, even if they are bed bound.

The Nurses Hand’s sit amongst other pieces of sculpture created by Kurt Jackson including number of playful bronze birds scattered at different heights and locations throughout the garden.

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Today, to bring a bit of warmth and colour, Kurt donated a handful of framed limited edition prints and archival posters to the Phoenix Ward at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro.

The Phoenix Ward specialises in looking after patients who have suffered a stroke. 

The Phoenix Ward team were aware of all the charitable work Kurt has done for various departments at the hospital in terms of fundraising and donating his time and art to improve otherwise sterile medical environments. These departments support those going through some of the most difficult moments of their lives.

The Phoenix Ward contacted Kurt asking for help to spruce up the drab room where patients are informed of their condition.

The room was rather functional and bleak, so the team were thrilled when Kurt showed up with artwork to humanise the space and give the patients something beautiful to focus on.

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Kurt Jackson has once again contributed a piece to the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) Secret Postcard Auction, a fantastic annual event and a vital fundraiser for the gallery. 

Kurt has joined hundreds of artists who have submitted unique, postcard-sized images for you to bid on. 

The twist? The identity of each artist is a secret until after the auction closes, making every purchase a fun surprise.

Your bid will directly help the RWA continue its mission to support artists and foster a lifelong journeys with art in Bristol. 

The auction is now open for bidding!

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Kurt Jackson will be giving the annual Canon Taylor Memorial Lecture for St Just and Pendeen Old Cornwall Society on Friday 7th November, 7:30 – 9pm at St Just Women’s Institute Hall, St Just.

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Kurt Jackson has contributed to a new Cornwall Hospice Care’s Where Art Meets The Wave project. All of the boards can be bid on in an online auction.

This art project sees Cornish artists take one of 40+ wooden belly boards, and use their own inspiration and skills to turn these simple boards into desirable works of art.

Thursday 25th September will see the culmination of the project with a final exhibition of all the artworks together coinciding with the final day of the auction.

You can view the auction for Kurt’s board by clicking this link.

The auction ends September 25th 2025.

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Kurt Jackson has contributed beautiful sculpture to a new rehabilitation and sensory healing garden for critically ill patients at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.

The new Critical Care Healing Garden, which is located immediately below the Critical Care Unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, has been filled with sensory plants, two outdoor hospital bed spaces, a rehabilitation bridge, peaceful seating areas for families, carers and staff, and beautiful bird sculptures made from Cornwall granite and bronze, designed created and donated by Kurt Jackson.

Kurt said “I am delighted that this series of my sculptures is to be seen in the Critical Care Garden at Treliske Hospital. With my artistic endeavors involved in The Cove Macmillan Support Centre and The Urology Diagnostic and Treatment Unit at Treliske it seems fitting to be in the garden now as well.

“Four generations of my family have used the health facilities here at the hospital in recent years so I am forever grateful to the staff here for their tireless work and pleased to be able to make this small offer in return.

“To me the birds [doves] symbolise freedom and peace, something we should all aspire to; Cornish bronze and Cornish granite, they are born of this place.”

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Full Press Release Below

Dedicated Healing Garden Opens for Critical Care Patients

Posted on: 21 September 2023

The installation of external piped medical gases, amongst the first of any NHS Trust

A new rehabilitation and sensory healing garden for critically ill patients has officially been opened at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro by leading explorer and founder of Survival International, Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE.

The new Critical Care Healing Garden, which is located immediately below the Critical Care Unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, has been filled with sensory plants, two outdoor hospital bed spaces, a rehabilitation bridge, peaceful seating areas for families, carers and staff, and beautiful bird sculptures made from Cornwall granite and bronze, donated by Cornish artist, Kurt Jackson. 

The serene courtyard space is also one of the first therapeutic gardens in the country to have medical gases directly piped into a dedicated outdoor space. This enables patients to spend as much time as they are able experiencing the healing powers of the natural environment.

The design, creation and installation of the Healing Garden has been funded entirely by charitable donation, greatly assisted by Robin Hanbury-Tenison and his wife, Louella’s magnificent fundraising campaign. 

Robin, who lives in Cornwall, believes that the Healing Garden at University Hospitals Plymouth saved his life after he contracted Covid-19 and vowed to encourage all acute hospitals in the UK to create critical care gardens. Kym Vigus, RCHT Critical Care Staff Nurse, has also long campaigned to create a Healing Garden at the Royal Cornwall Hospital.

The design for the Critical Care Healing Garden was created by local landscape design company, Lavigne Lonsdale, who were inspired to create a stunning yet practical garden following consultation with Critical Care Unit staff and ex-patients.

Cornish civil engineering contractor Cormac Ltd, together with South West Surfacing Specialists Ltd built the garden with local materials and meticulous attention to detail, whilst expert Cornwall-based gardeners, Alasdair Moore from Heligan, Charles Fox from Glendurgan and Mark Holman, the Palace Gardener, came together to design the planting scheme, rich in vibrant colours and textures. RCHT Project Manager, Rob Hague, has seen the garden through the construction and gas installation phases, after initial consultancy and cost advice was donated free of charge by Truro-based property and construction consultants, Ward Williams Associates. 

The entire project has also been filmed voluntarily by local filmmaker, Peter Champness, who is producing a local documentary for RCHT about the creation of the Critical Care Healing Garden.

“My wife, Louella, and I are absolutely delighted to see this wonderful Critical Care Healing Garden officially opened today,” says Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE. “It’s been three years since we started on the journey to create this oasis of calm and tranquility, and I hope that many critically ill patients here at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, together with their outstanding team of healthcare professionals and carers, will benefit from the healing and rehabilitation powers of the great outdoors for years to come. 

It has been a tremendous team effort and I want to thank all the RCHT staff and contractors who have been involved with the project, as well as the army of donors, supporters and volunteers whose generosity, knowledge and kindness have made it possible.”

“This Critical Care Healing Garden is a huge asset to our unit,” adds Kym Vigus, RCHT Critical Care Staff Nurse. “For clinical teams to be able to bring patients down to the courtyard to feel the fresh air and see the sky, to smell the plants and hear birdsong, is very special. It will generate incredibly positive experiences for our patients as part of their individual pathways to recovery.”

Andy Berryman, Cormac’s Infrastructure Operations Contract Manager says: “Cormac is really proud to have been a part of creating this garden. It looks fantastic, and it will provide a pleasant and peaceful space for patients to connect with nature.”

“This is an exceptionally important day for the Royal Cornwall Hospital,” says Steve Williamson, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. “We’re excited to be amongst the first NHS Trusts in England to have enabled piped medical gases directly into our new Critical Care Healing Garden, as this will be so beneficial to our most vulnerable and sickest patients. 

To have such a beautifully-designed space at the heart of our hospital, which is also highly accessible and practical, even for the most critically ill patients, is superb. I want to thank everyone who has played a part in creating this very special place. I know our dedicated Critical Care team is very grateful and are looking forward to using the space to continue delivering outstanding care.”

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Kurt Jackson’s collaboration with Chestnut Appeal continues with this new charity t-shirt celebrating the Chestnut Appeal’s fundraising summer swims.

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In 2022 Kurt Jackson Contemporary Artist went along to capture two of the Chestnut Appeal’s summer swims (St Michaels Mount and Burgh Island) in paint and pencil.

The image comes from one of Kurt’s sketches and has been printed to produce this exclusive T-shirt to raise money for the charity. This shirt is available in blue and off-white.

PLEASE NOTE: When placing an order you will be able to specify the size of t-shirt at the end of the process, after entering your email address and delivery information, but before payment.

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Kurt Jackson said “I spent a few days painting and sketching as a witness to all those amazing people that tackle the Chestnut Appeal charity swims. Those hot summer days with calm water, blue seas and all those hundreds of people swimming around the Mount and Burgh Island. It was a real spectacle and quite humbling. It was an amazing spectrum of all ages, shapes, sizes and genders. A happy, chatting crowd, mostly content to just complete the race in their own time. Joyful, a real delight to witness.”

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Between March and August 2023, the Jackson Foundation Gallery ran a prize draw to win the original Kurt Jackson painting ‘Sennen Flowing Tide’ (worth £3,500).

All proceeds from the draw will be donated to support the RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea.

We’ve had over 2,400 entries for this RNLI fundraiser, raising more than £24,000!

But the draw has now closed…

…It is time to pick the winner.

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