George Spencer Jackson will be exhibiting his first solo show this weekend at the Round Tower in Old Portsmouth.
The highly anticipated exhibition will be displaying works he has created within the last year, since occupying Studio 6 at Hotwalls Studios as well as archived pieces.
The West Midlands born artist first began his ascent into the art world within his teenage years, learning composition, colour and blending from a fellow artist and friend.
The twenty seven year old graduated in 2019 from the University of the Arts London (UAL) with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art Painting at the Wimbledon Campus.
The artist was awarded the Hermione Hammond Drawing Award in 2019 by the Mall Galleries, having his work exhibited in their two-hundredth Royal Society of British Arts exhibition in 2023.
Jackson is skilled in creating wood carvings, stone, acrylic and watercolour paintings as well as the plethora of ink drawings which will be on display this weekend.
His studio, which is home to over three hundred pieces, sketchbooks and over three dozen joyful stone drawings which have been plucked from Hotwalls in Portsmouth.
Jackson is influenced by a range of socially critical photographers, artists and traditional folk music.
He claims he is “very one-dimensional, and tunnel-visioned, on only producing really specific honest drawings” which are accessible to the everyday person.
His practice strives within “being honest, (for whatever being honest means for that person) for me it’s the everyday person, the depiction of honest narratives, it being accessible and shown in spaces where the average person can come to”
The exhibition ‘The Train Was On Time’ mirrors the title of a novel by Heinrich Boll, a short story about a young German soldier at war.
The story contains appreciation in how humans interact with one another, highlighting similarities between Jackson’s pieces.
He mentions that “Whether it be [someones] relationships with alcohol, grief, gambling, struggle for housing or employment issues.
There is the undertone of stress or struggle that they’re dealing with from bravery, to kindness, showing that these everyday people are complex, deeply interesting and profound”
The show will contain over thirty pieces in A2 and A3 sizes and will begin with a private view on Friday 19th July from 6-8pm, and general admission on Saturday (20th) and Sunday (21st) July between 10-3pm.
Jackson also offers one to one drawing classes which offer insight and guidance within line drawing, cross-hatching and marking making techniques for beginners.
For more information visit georgespencerjackson.co.uk or his instagram @georgespencerjackson
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