Kirsten Jackson

A passionate artist since childhood, Melbourne based artist Kirsten Jackson studied Visual Arts at the prestigious Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and has gone on to maintain a flourishing and fulfilling career.

Over the past fifteen years Kirsten has worked as a professional artist, concentrating predominantly on abstraction. Her career has followed an impressive upward trajectory, collecting a notable array of Australian art awards and highly commended prizes along the way.

Her work has featured on the Australian high rating television series “The Block" and in many publications, including Home Beautiful Magazine, the Sun Herald and Modern Home Magazine.

“My main motivation is to portray the inherent beauty and harmony that exists in the inter-relationship of colour, composition and form. I like to work on several pieces simultaneously and my process involves building up layers of materials and textures. My initial layers are thin and fluid inks and watercolour. As the paintings progress I move into thicker paints, acrylics, varnishes and glazes. I even have a fondness for house paints! I love the way the work builds, it is an art in itself to know when the piece is complete."