Biography
Recognition
Quotes About the Artwork of Thomas C. Jackson
Studio
Heroes
Artist's
Statement About
Recent Work
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HEROES
Jackson cites numerous artists as influences and
heroes. Among them are:
- Robert Rauschenberg's and James Rosenquist's
photo montage/collage compositions
- Henri de Toulouse-Latrec's draftsmanship and
spontaneity
- Edgar Degas' and Claude Monet's paint quality
- Richard Diebenkorn's, Helen Frankenthaler's,
and Hans Hofmann's personal use of shape, color, and texture
- Paul Klee's sense of whimsy
- Mark Rothko's use of color and simple compositions
- John Marin's pushing nature to abstraction
and use of dry brushstrokes and Charles Demuth's precision and use of
water in gradations
- Gustav Klimt's use of decorative pattern, background
shapes with lively color and brush strokes, and use of the figure in
highly designed compositions
- The musical compositions of Duke Ellington
and the performances of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
- Frank Lloyd Wright's division of space and
use of surface detail
- Henri Matisse's use of color and flattening
space
- Marcel Duchamp's use of accident and found
objects
And teachers like:
- Bruce Bobick who inspired the development of
technique
- Don Vogl's truisms like "Sometimes you don't
know if you've gone far enough until you've gone too far."
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