About The Artist
“To require that an image, be a bearer of content, that it must be recognizable is to suggest that there is no form to the unknowable. My journey through art confirms, for me at least, that it is not necessary to rob life of its mystery in order to understand it.”
- Herb Jackson
Herb Jackson has had over 150 one-person exhibitions in the US and in England, Peru, Portugal and Canada. His work has been featured in group exhibitions throughout this country and abroad. Critic, Donald Kuspit, included Herb Jackson’s paintings in the first exhibition of contemporary American art presented in the former Soviet Union. His work is represented in over 100 museum collections.
Herb Jackson was awarded the 2015 North Caroliniana Society Award for extraordinary contributions to our State's cultural heritage. In 1999, Jackson was given the North Carolina Award by the Governor, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the state.
Herb Jackson’s paintings are built up in many layers which are scraped off as they are being applied. Shapes and marks come and go as the painting develops from a hundred or more layers. The final outcome is the result of a process of discovery similar to the life experience itself.