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Book SynopsisFor Kurt Jackson (b.1961), ‘Painting the sea could become an obsession, an entire oeuvre in its own right, an endless life absorbing task.’ And, as this book attests, Jackson’s dedication to capturing its constant shape shifting – stillness to thundering force, shallows to mysterious depths – have brought forth paintings that communicate the sea's ebb and flow, its magic and elusiveness.
Kurt Jackson's Sea captures the beauty of the artist's constantly evolving relationship with one of nature's most challenging subjects. Two hundred colour images complement Jackson's reflections on his interactions with inspirational coastal landscapes - largely experienced in his native Cornwall, but stretching way beyond the county too.
Trade Review’If it is possible to say a book smells and tastes of the sea . . . I love the sea and I feel as if Kurt Jackson has captured it in all its moods just for me to take to some place where I’ll never see or hear it again, but the memory will be indelibly etched in these pages by these glorious, life affirming paintings. The Chinese have a saying that you can never cross the same river twice. They are right and the same holds true for the view of the sea from a great artist at the peak of his powers’. – Sir Tim Smit KBE, Executive Co-Chair Eden Project International and Executive Vice Chair & Co-Founder Eden Project
'a beautifully produced book...I close [it] with a sense of surfacing, from seawater mixed with paint...the paintings bring back half-forgotten moments of connection at the edge of the sea: the sheen of mudflats, the marbling of foam where a wave has passed, times when the sea is the source of the light...It feels like I’ve been to the beach.' –
Caught by the River Table of ContentsForeword by Julian Spalding; Introduction; Chapter 1: Compelled; Chapter 2: In, On, Under; Chapter 3: Cove; Chapter 4: Obsession; Chapter 5: Retreat; Chapter 6: Cornish Islands; Chapter 7: Lighthouses; Chapter 8: North Sea; Chapter 9: Scottish Seas; Chapter 10: Greek Seas; About Kurt Jackson; Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions; Awards and Residencies; Broadcasts; Public Collections; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgements and Credits; Index.
