Ta Prohm

Those fantasies of adventure that Hollywood instilled in us as children are fun to imagine, but more incredible to actually experience. Want to feel like a Tombraider? Come to Cambodia and trek thru the jungle temples around Angkor Wat. The most amazing visuals await the intrepid adventurer. I’m in love with Ta Prohm, although it…

In my element

Three days of travel to get to the other side of the world and finally I feel like I am in my element again. Perhaps too much time in the studio makes me dream of new views, new scenery. As an artist it is so important to fill the inspiration reservoir with first-hand experience, despite…

“Repose” 36×22" watercolor by Paul Jackson

Some of the simplest compositions can be the trickiest to paint in watercolor. When you pull it off, it looks easy. When you don’t, it can look disastrously overworked very quickly. To truly experience this painting, you have to see it in person. Some things just defy accurate photography. 🙂

"Muse" 27×56" watercolor by Paul Jackson

My first painting of 2012 is a bit of a diversion from series past. I have a muse that inspires me to paint and I must follow the whims in my heart. This latest watercolor was censored from Facebook already…although I’m not sure why. If it offends you…don’t look. 🙂 (I reposted!) Personally I think…

Ballroom Dancers

I love time in the studio for massive projects! I just completed this diptych watercolor for a formal dining room in Baton Rouge, LA. The collectors are very good friends and have built an exquisite place for these paintings. I believe they will truly make the walls come alive. 🙂

Following the Fall

Arriving home from India in late October, I expected Missouri's fall colors to have faded and fallen, but I was greeted with ten days of gorgeous landscape before the rain and wind brought winter's first icy blast and ushered in the decline of the fall. Our timing was perfect as we drove out of the…

Kolkata – Lasting impressions

Kolkata, India was not on my bucket list, but I never pass up an opportunity for adventure, so I accepted the invitation to the International Art Meet Kolkata. As I did homework to learn about my destination I read a lot of negative impressions and found few photos enticing me to go, but I guessed…

Departing Friends

As the International Art Meet in Kolkata winds down, each artist is catching their departure flight. They have disappeared one by one over the last two days. It is sad to see them go. I am already missing all of my new friends already. Some have already reached home. I still have another day in…

Picking Faces Out of the Crowd

Everywhere our artist crew goes in Calcutta there is a crowd. The kids especially love recognizing us from the posters scattered around the city, picking each out by the poster images of ourselves. What a fun game!

Painting Honey Badgers for Diwali

Diwali is upon us and the sculpture streets in Kolkata are crammed full of all sorts of artistic creations that will eventually wind up in the Ganges river. Diwali is the festival of lights where Kali Ma kills the bad demons and then goes wild and is put under control by her husband laying down…