Location: United States
Born and raised in Carmel, CA, I'm an artist in Atlanta who does large-scale oil paintings on canvas, the full collection is at www.alwinjacksonart.com
BA in Design/Graphic Arts from Pepperdine University, Malibu. Art exhibits 1986-1990 transitioned to 20-year ad career (1990-2010) Creative director, Boston, New York, Bangkok, Austin TX and Atlanta – at ad agencies: Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO, Arnold Worldwide and GSD&M. Created campaigns for Guinness, Pepsi, AT&T and BMW.
But in 2010, I finally quit the ad biz to pursue creativity without approval committees. But more so, to leave capitalism and do what's most important to me: helping protect earth from the hand of man. Mainly at factory farms where mother cows see their calves ripped away from them at one-day-old to have their throats slit while fully conscious, just so someone in a fancy restaurant can order veal. My passion to stop such satanic behavior is what gets me out of bed. And since painting is the one thing I do pretty well, it's the best way I can help. My profits support the animal defense groups who do the actual work. And I keep just enough for my own food and shelter.
Oh, and to buy paint and canvases :-)
72" x 60," oil on canvas (hand), acrylic (green background), done Oct 2011.
60" x 60," oil on canvas (hand), latex (blue background), done Oct 2011.
72" x 60," oil on canvas, done Aug 2011.
72" x 60," oil on canvas, done Aug 2011.
72" x 60," oil on canvas, done July 2011.
“WHEN STORY WAS THE BEST SPECIAL EFFECT”
72" x 48," oil on canvas (face), latex (black background), done July 2011.
60" x 60," oil on canvas, done June 2011.
72" x 60," oil on canvas, done July 2011.
72" x 48" oil on canvas, done Aug 2011
60" x 48", oil on canvas, this the second in a series of three gummi bear paintings