“Rivers are places we find emotive, they carry our memories, feelings and histories…”

Kurt Jackson.

Fowey Mouth from Pencarrow Head. 2023. mixed media on canvas. 165 x 224cm.

Fowey Mouth from Pencarrow Head. 2023.
mixed media on canvas.
165 x 224cm.

Draynes Valley warm afternoon, breeze in the sallow. 2021. mixed media on paper. 57 x 60cm.

Draynes Valley warm afternoon, breeze in the sallow. 2021.
mixed media on paper.
57 x 60cm.

Last of the autumn colour, heading down to Lanhydrock. 2021. mixed media on museum board. 60 x 60cm.

Last of the autumn colour, heading down to Lanhydrock. 2021.
mixed media on museum board.
60 x 60cm.

Young Fowey through a thorn with blue tit twitter. 2021. mixed media on paper. 57 x 60cm.

Young Fowey through a thorn with blue tit twitter. 2021.
mixed media on paper.
57 x 60cm.

Dozmary Pool. Grasshopper, pipit and skylark choir. 2021. mixed media on canvas board. 61 x 61cm.

Dozmary Pool. Grasshopper, pipit and skylark choir. 2021.
mixed media on canvas board.
61 x 61cm.

Rosehips, knapweed and ivy flowers in a Restormel sugar bowl. 2021. mixed media on museum board. 22 x 22cm.

Rosehips, knapweed and ivy flowers in a Restormel sugar bowl. 2021.
mixed media on museum board.
22 x 22cm.

Hot full sun morning, Restormel Manor. 2021. mixed media on museum board. 40 x 40cm.

Hot full sun morning, Restormel Manor. 2021.
mixed media on museum board.
40 x 40cm.

Dusk, Pont Pill. 2020. mixed media on paper. 28 x 29cm.

Dusk, Pont Pill. 2020.
mixed media on paper.
28 x 29cm.

For this exhibition, Jackson focuses on one of Cornwall’s most iconic rivers, the River Fowey; tracing her route from the source high up on Bodmin Moor through farmland and wooded valleys across the county to where she meets the sea in the sheltered deep water estuary by Fowey town.

Over the last few years Jackson immersed himself in the elements on a beautiful, diverse and richly rewarding journey to create this new series of paintings.

September 2 2023 – February 24 2024.
Jackson Foundation Gallery, North Row, St Just, Cornwall, TR19 7LB.

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Exhibition catalogue can be purchased here.