Tony's acrylic paintings evolve from an approximate tonal sketch done in ultramarine blue and white. This is built up in those tones to resolve the drawing and lighting problems. Colour is added mostly in thin washes of other primary colours.

Saturday, 6 January 2007



Tony Jackson studied painting at Bath Academy of Art, (1963-66). He then worked as an Art Teacher in secondary schools for 30 years, and was the Director of Expressive Arts at a school in Hemel Hempstead where he lives.
He took early retirement in 1996 to concentrate on his painting, the development of Adult Education classes in Art and Design, and painting demonstrations and workshops for art societies across the south of England.
His demonstrations and workshops on portraits, landscape, still life and studies of life in India are mostly about the use of acrylics and pastels. His technique can be summed up as “producing a tonal painting in blue and white which is turned into a full colour image with washes of primary colours”.
Most of Tony’s recent work has been naturalistic, featuring scenes of life in India, though recently he has done many abstract works and taken on a number of portrait commissions.He has exhibited in Hertfordshire, London and Calcutta.

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On the SAA page click on Tony Jackson


RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Sept 2006 Old Town Arts Centre, Hemel Hempstead,Abstract paintings and reliefs.

Sept, 2005 Woburn Abbey, Art Deco Fair, Abstract paintings and reliefs.

July 3 - 24, 2005 Old Town Arts Centre, Hemel Hempstead, Small paintings on the theme of India

June 22- July 22 2005 Gallery One Eleven, Berkhamsted.Abstract paintings and relief constructions.

May 28 - 30, 2005 Hertfordshire Art and Sculpture Fair, Artshed, Ware -Abstract work
Sept 2004 Exhibition at the artists home (Hertfordshire Open Studios scheme)

Feb 2004 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London - 40 paintings of West Bengal

Sept 2003 Exhibition at the artists home (Hertfordshire Open Studios scheme)

April 2002 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, India – 32 paintings of West Bengal




















About Me

studied painting at Bath Academy of Art, (1963-66). He then worked as an Art Teacher in secondary schools for 30 years, and was the Director of Expressive Arts at a school in Hemel Hempstead where he lives. He took early retirement in 1996 to concentrate on his painting, the development of Adult Education classes in Art and Design, and painting demonstrations and workshops for art societies across the south of England. His demonstrations and workshops on portraits, landscape, still life and studies of life in India are mostly about the use of acrylics and pastels. His technique can be summed up as “producing a tonal painting in blue and white which is turned into a full colour image with washes of primary colours”. Most of Tony’s recent work has been naturalistic, featuring scenes of life in India, though recently he has done many abstract works and taken on a number of portrait commissions.He has exhibited in Hertfordshire, London and Calcutta.