Vol. 19, No. 3	Sept. 16, 1999

'Artist of the Month' has busy exhibition schedule

Jeannie Jackson, Media Services/Visual Media Design, has been selected "Artist of the Month" by the Dover Art League, and an exhibit of 11 of her paintings is on view through Sept. 30 at the Dover Art League Gallery on Lockerman Street. The show features her recent works in oil, gouache, watercolors and pastels.

Later this fall, Jackson's works will be on display in exhibits in Smyrna and Newark.

She will have several paintings in a three-day art show, sponsored by the Smyrna-Clayton Heritage Association, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 10 North Union St., in Smyrna to benefit the town's opera house.

In addition, 20 of her works will be exhibited at the Newark Municipal Building through the month of October.

Jackson has shown paintings and photographs at juried exhibits in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. One of her oils, "A Long Ways from Home," depicting a lonely Confederate prisoner at Fort Delaware, was on display at the fort on Pea Patch Island for a year in 1998.

Jackson said she has always wanted to paint and took some lessons from a minister's wife in Elkton who taught her the basics. With only a few art lessons and courses along the way, she is essentially self-taught and paints a variety of subjects in different media. Some of her paintings feature Native American motifs, and some are based on the symbolism of dreams. The writings of British author D.H. Lawrence, particularly his treatment of the theme of psychic rebirth, have inspired other paintings, she said.

Currently, she is working on illustrations for a children's book.