In Biodiversity, Jackson opens windows onto different locations across the UK and explores the spectrum of plant and animal life found there. From train tracks to ancient woodland, peat bogs to urban streams, ecological processes come under the scrutiny of his painterly eye.
Through paintings, sculpture, and mixed media works, Jackson shows what an ecologically rich world we still live in, but also how things are changing.
The varied collection of work which makes up Biodiversity extorts the viewer to look again at the natural riches that surround us, even in the most unexpected of places. For example, collages such as Bioblitz of Vauxhall Bridge Road, London explore manmade environments by combining found rubbish with plant specimens and sketch-like paintings, demonstrating Jackson’s zoologist training and artists’ observational skills. The work is made both in situ, allowing for an environmental involvement through chance and serendipity, and in the studios.
By urging visitors to stop and look, appreciate and marvel, Jackson is using the greatest tool at his disposal to encourage us all to cherish and protect the earth for future generations.
Kurt Jackson’s Biodiversity runs until July 7th and the newly reimagined Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery, River Street, Truro, TR1 2SJ.