What's happening
See my artwork at these events:

Peltz Gallery

Saturday Matinee Event, October 1st, 1-3:00 P.M.

“Mezzotint: Out of the Dark”

Jayne Reid Jackson’s prints reflect her appreciation, experimentation and mastery of the
traditional and contemporary intaglio mezzotint printmaking process—a method which
has brought her international recognition.

Please join us for a Saturday Matinee Event when Madison-based printmaker Jayne Reid
Jackson and Peltz Gallery artist Cheryl Olson-Sklar present a conversation and
demonstration of mezzotint, as well as other historical and contemporary print plate
processes. An open portfolio and framed prints by Jayne Reid Jackson will be available.  

Peltz Gallery, 1119 E. Knapp St., Milwaukee, WI

Mezzotints by Jayne Reid Jackson
a solo exhibition
Gallery 1B, 1 W. Wilson St., Madison, WI
1 West Wilson Art Display Exhibit for the Department of Health Services
June 7 to
November 30, 2011

A4Printmakers International 2011
The Poly Arts Centre, Falmouth, England
An International Contemporary Printmakers Competition
29th August - 10th September 2011

For the list of award winners (my print included) see
A4Printmakers

Cover to Cover: An Art Exhibit Using Books
As Subject Matter * As Raw Material * As Inspiration
October 1 - November 5, 2010
Overture Center for the Performing Arts
PLAYHOUSE GALLERY
artsTRIBE takes on the "book"...books as subject matter, books as raw material, books
as inspiration. New work debuts at the 2010 Wisconsin Book Festival and includes a
site-specific installation at the Overture Center. The exhibition then tours to eight different
public libraries throughout 2011.
Library Exhibition Schedule:
Central Library - December 2010
Sequoya Branch - Jan/Feb 2011
Cross Plains Public Library - March/April 2011
Middleton Public Library - May/June 2011
Sun Prairie Public Library - July 2011
Alicia Ashman Branch - Aug/Sept 2011
Pinney Branch - Oct/Nov 2011
Verona Public Library - Dec 2011/Jan 2012
Galleries
You can also view my artwork in person at these venues:

Grace Chosy Gallery  in Madison, WI

Peltz Gallery in Milwaukee, WI
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Jayne Reid Jackson  printmaker
Artist Statement

As someone whose artistic expression is firmly based in drawing, I find that printmaking,
especially intaglio, provides me with the widest range of tools for my needs.  I can be
precise and controlled in my etchings and mezzotints, concentrating on the graphic
quality of these techniques. To compliment these, the monotypes are more fluid, allowing
the brushwork and color to define the image.

Through the use of the traditional still life image, I capture what is special about everyday
objects and the intrinsic beauty of the commonplace.  I attempt to put forward what is
unique about the objects in relation to their surroundings.  Through the use of my drawing
skills, I attempt to enhance what I am seeing and to share that with the viewer, whether it
is by pulling the object out of its background or blurring that relationship and playing with
the pattern of shadows, objects and backgrounds.  I like to think that I am creating more
than a reproduction of a thing and imbuing it with some essence that I feel when I am
observing it.
White Tulips, monotype
Red Tulips, etching
Bittersweet II,  mezzotint
Clematis Vine, etching
Daffodils, monotype
Broken Dreams, mezzotint
On Fortune's Throne, etching
Pink Glass & Peonies #1, monotype
Vine Cuttings, etching
Echoes, mezzotint
Crabapple, etching
Yellow Tulips, etching
Bluebells & Bleediing Hearts, etching
Once, etching