“This is a fragile place, a delicate and ancient piece of land and water – a beautiful place to linger, watch and witness; the slow tides and seasonal shifts in dress…”

Kurt Jackson, 2019

In this breathtaking new body of work, leading contemporary artist Kurt Jackson immerses himself – sometimes literally – in a tributary of the Helford River, an area of Atlantic temperate rainforests. A unique landscape of sessile oak woodlands meeting the tide that famously inspired Daphne du Maurier’s 1941 novel Frenchman’s Creek.

For more information on this exhibition, please visit the gallery website.

August 31st 2019 – February 22nd 2020.
Jackson Foundation Gallery, North Row, St Just, Cornwall, TR19 7LB.

Please check here for seasonal opening times.

Exhibition catalogue can be purchased here

Lazy oaken waters. 2019. mixed media on linen. 178 x 200cm.

Lazy oaken waters. 2019. mixed media on linen. 178 x 200cm.

Daffs from the field above the creek. 2017. mixed media on museum board. 20 x 17cm.

Daffs from the field above the creek. 2017. mixed media on museum board. 20 x 17cm.

Oaken mud. 2018. mixed media on canvas. 102 x 76cm.

Oaken mud. 2018. mixed media on canvas. 102 x 76cm.

Frenchman’s Creek cottage. 2014. mixed media on museum board. 20 x 20cm.

Frenchman’s Creek cottage. 2014. mixed media on museum board. 20 x 20cm.

Helford low water. 2017. mixed media on wood panel. 60 x 60cm.

Helford low water. 2017. mixed media on wood panel. 60 x 60cm.

Frenchman’s Creek wind in the treetops, ebbing tide, weak sunlight. December 2014. mixed media on mount board. 60.5 x 60.5cm.

Frenchman’s Creek wind in the treetops, ebbing tide, weak sunlight. December 2014. mixed media on mount board. 60.5 x 60.5cm.

Jays arguing in the oaks above the creek. 2017. mixed media on paper. 57 x 61cm.

Jays arguing in the oaks above the creek. 2017. mixed media on paper. 57 x 61cm.

Fish bird. 2019. bronze and serpentine. 16 x 19 x 4cm.

Fish bird. 2019. bronze and serpentine. 16 x 19 x 4cm.