H J Jackson

Veteran East Anglian printmaker H.J.Jackson (John to his friends) was born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk in 1938. He cut his first lino block during his last year at school in 1953.  The small print helped to earn him a place at Norwich Art School, linocutting under the tutelage of the wood engraver Geoffrey Wales.  In 1958 he produced his first editioned print.  He obtained a National Diploma in Graphic Design, and subsequently worked full time in Marketing and Publicity for 34 years, printmaking during evenings and weekends.  Since 1995 he has been able to pursue printmaking full time

The declining fishing industry features strongly in John’s work.  The multiple layers of ink result in a ‘treacly’ appearance which helps to gives them the look of working vessels. John once had his work rejected by someone who claimed that they could ‘smell the fish’ in his prints – he took this to be a compliment! 

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