Australia’s Great Ocean Road
To really experience the best Australia has to offer, you have to drive through the bush at least once. I was told that the Great Ocean Road was an opportunity not to be missed, so we rented a car in Melbourne and spent a few days driving to Adelaide via the Great Ocean Road. To…
Tasmania!
Tasmania is a beautiful surprise for those who dare adventure to the southeast corner of Australia. Home to Platypus, Echidna, wallabies and the infamous Tasmanian Devil, this incredible place is a paradise for anyone seeking the extraordinary. Every corner I turned offered a new a spectacular view. We landed in Launceston, in the north central…
That Melbourne Vibe
Ninety minutes in the air from Sydney to Melbourne provided an expensive lesson in Aussie air travel. I’ll save the wrenching details and skip to the end result…won’t ever fly Tiger Airways again. Thankfully Australia has a lot of other, better airlines that connect all of the major cities. Arriving in Melbourne was actually a…
Katoomba Winter Magic Festival
On the advice from our new mate, Simon, the best host you could ever want in a hotel manager, we took a day trip out of Sydney into the Blue Mountains to the small town of Katoomba for the WinterMagic festival. From Simon’s description I imagined a fusion of Trekkie convention, Costume Party, and Steampunk…
Sydney Rocks
Walking around Sydney is more of a visual feast than exercise. It is much like San Francisco with its steep hills and big bridge over the bay, but it is so clean and so friendly that it is hard to imagine it is real. Certainly the 2000 Olympics had an impact with construction of incredible…
Small world
Believe it or not, one can be in New York, Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia on the same day. Well, at least in the same 24 hour period. There is an international date line issue that confuses things and eats whole calendar dates. I missed Father’s Day entirely this year. My kids called me before…
The Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors
Judging the Adirondacks National was both a thrill and a tough task. There were so many great paintings that choosing the award winners meant eliminating fantastic paintings. I truly got to choose among the very best watercolors in America. Congratulations to those who won, those who made the show and those who entered this prestigious…
“Blown Away” mural by Paul Jackson
At the southeast corner of Broadway and Hitt Street in Columbia MO, you’ll find the Alpine shop, featuring a new mural on its west wall. My crew, (mostly family), spent the last two weeks painting “Blown Away”, a 16×68′ design that is stopping traffic already. I love ambitious projects, and this one occurred at a…
Paul Jackson’s Traveler Brushes
Sneak preview! Just in time for our Italy workshop, my new “Traveler” watercolor brushes are almost ready for their debut! After years of travel and beating up brushes, I finally broke down and designed the perfect paintbrush set for adventures. No more junky brushes in the field! The set features two collapsible, self-contained, Kolinsky Sable…
“Secrets of the International Contemporary Watercolor Masters”
I’m very honored to be included in this latest book, “Secrets of the International Contemporary Watercolor Masters”. It’s only available in Chinese, but you should be able to find it on Amazon.com/ci. I haven’t seen an actual copy yet, but got my chapter in advance.