“Although well known as a small, pretty fishing village, it was into the hinterland, the deep secluded Valency Valley behind the village, that I spent much of my time…”

Kurt Jackson.

Parallel world. 2023. mixed media on canvas. 91.5 x 91.5cm.

Parallel world. 2023.
mixed media on canvas.
91.5 x 91.5cm.

On Lizard Point in the rain and sun watching the seals and dolphins. 2022. mixed media on paper. 40 x 40cm.

On Lizard Point in the rain and sun watching the seals and dolphins. 2022.
mixed media on paper.
40 x 40cm.

Six summer seals in the summer seas. 2023. mixed media on museum board. 60 x 60cm.

Six summer seals in the summer seas. 2023.
mixed media on museum board.
60 x 60cm.

Hot mid-summer. Two seals floating on the surface just offshore. 2023. mixed media on wood panel. 60 x 60cm.

Hot mid-summer. Two seals floating on the surface just offshore. 2023.
mixed media on wood panel.
60 x 60cm.

To the Seal Islands. 2023. mixed media on canvas. 122 x 122cm.

To the Seal Islands. 2023.
mixed media on canvas.
122 x 122cm.

Watching a seal. 2022. mixed media on canvas board. 60 x 60cm.

Watching a seal. 2022.
mixed media on canvas board.
60 x 60cm.

She surfaces just below me. 2023. mixed media on museum board. 22 x 22cm.

She surfaces just below me. 2023.
mixed media on museum board.
22 x 22cm.

The sun is in the cove at high water with the seals. 2023. mixed media on paper. 40 x 40cm.

The sun is in the cove at high water with the seals. 2023.
mixed media on paper.
40 x 40cm.

We met on the beach. 2022. mixed media on canvas. 91 x 91cm.

We met on the beach. 2022.
mixed media on canvas.
91 x 91cm.

Seal heads. 2023. mixed media and collage on museum board. 22 x 22cm.

Seal heads. 2023.
mixed media and collage on museum board.
22 x 22cm.

Evening seal. 2023. mixed media on museum board. 22 x 22cm.

Evening seal. 2023.
mixed media on museum board.
22 x 22cm.

Small boat and big seal. 2023. mixed media on wood panel. 60 x 60cm.

Small boat and big seal. 2023.
mixed media on wood panel.
60 x 60cm.

A normal, almost everyday experience for anyone who spends time on the Cornish coast, seals seem to pop up whenever we look out to sea; are they looking for us?


“I decided to spend the last few years dedicating as much time as possible watching, studying and trying to understand them – their form and movement, their haunts and habits and in turn create a body of work inspired by them.”

– Kurt Jackson

Alongside Kurt Jackson’s The Cornish Seal, the Jackson Foundation partnered with the Seal Reseach Trust to host A Seal’s Story, an exhibition exploring the life and death stories of the grey seal and the Trust’s efforts to conserve and protect these playful and endearing mammals.

Follow this link to view the exhibition…

March 16 – August 10 2024.
Jackson Foundation Gallery, North Row, St Just, Cornwall, TR19 7LB.

Please check here for seasonal opening times.

Exhibition catalogue can be purchased here.