Toronto Telegram February 16 1948
AT THE GALLERIES
Autumn Landscape Artist Has Attractive Exhibit
Winter Scene Is Out standing-Young Canadian Art Student In U.S. Is Honoured
An attractive little exhibition of pictures-oil paintings by an artist who does not profess professional status but does excellent trained work notwithstanding, is to be found currently at the Arts Club in Asquith avenue. This is Miss. Nook Jackson’s show, first of hers in some four years. Miss Jackson has been especially successful in dealing with the autumn landscapes, though one of her most delightful studies is a little winter scene, a softly done thing permeated by mist and with faintly suggested gold notes caught in the branches of snow-laden trees, in the foreground a misty blue clad figure skillfully placed to focus the observer’s interest.
On a larger scale, Autumn Shades, well balanced in its warm coloring and in composition. In nice contrast, the cool tones of Baie Fine. The artist found divers interesting subjects for her brush in the environs of Vancouver. Smoke in Howe Sound is one of these, in which is interestingly captured the effect of forest fire smoke on expanse of blue water. Spanish Banks, too, is a charming composition with interesting sky. Miss Jackson is particularly successful on her sky and cloud painting. Several flower pieces are included in the show, notably an arrangement of British Columbia dahlias in a dark blue jug; very successful in colour and design.
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Hamilton Spectator March 17 1958
District Artist Finds New, Distinctive Style
An exhibition of the Greens- ville artist, Nook Jackson, at the Baptist Church Hall, in Dundas is arousing a wide interest attracting considerable and crowds.
In the long process of artis- tic development an artist not only discovers the outer world of the eye and the sense, but bis own potentials in style and execution as well.
The current exhibition of fers an interesting example of an artist discovering new trend, a new experience in one- self.
MISS JACKSON has for
years been a careful landscape painter, vividly portraying every detail. Her forests, lakes, towns and meadows, under all seasons, are appealing to the eye in their blazing colors.
This aspect of the artist’s work. however, can hardly be called original in any sense of the word. Her sound eye for draughtsmanship and composi- tion seems wasted, somehow, in the process of mass-producing nature scenes that in their per- fect beauty turn out rather stale.
AS A RESULT of a recent trip to the West Indies, Miss Jackson suddenly appears to have discovered a new. world
both around her and within her. She produced a series of small, colorful paintings, brim- ming with human life and emotion; in them her style as- sumes a greater vivacity and in- tensity. Southern market scenes natives slumbering in gro- tesque positions, donkey riders, housewives, all possess that necessary touch of originality and imagination.
It is this part of the exhib- ition, entitled Far Away Places, which is by far more interesting and noteworthy.
The good attendance and public response to Miss Jack- son’s work should provide an inducement for other artists to likewise exhibit in Dundas.
was living at 19 oaklands ave, Toronto past 1945
By 1925 She had studied at the central technical school, Toronto. and taken summer classes with Farquhar MacGillivray Knowles . By 1935 she had studies with J. W. Beatty at Port Hope and by 1945 also studied at the Ontario college of Arts.