Kyle Jackson

New Halifax Painting

2012-01-23T15:24:00.000-08:00

This is the beginning stages of a large 3x6ft concave painting on a concave wood panel. The goal is to build this masterpiece and sell it to the Halifax international airport to hang on the arrival wall and show folks what's in store for them in Halifax. Stay tuned to enjoy the process, I know I do.

This is what 40 hours of painting looks like. I am trying to decide if the scene is too busy and colorful and therefore childlike and not mature and worth thousands..

2012 Family SOS charity auction

2012-01-19T11:47:00.000-08:00

The two paintings raised $4800.00 for Family SOS, amen sister!

up on stage prepping the sale.

Tonight at Cunard center, Summer On Springarden and still life with flowers are going on the charity auction block for a good cause. They are both auctioned live and on stage infront of hundreds. I must admit this makes me uncomfortable but also excited, like watching your children at an art recital. What will the night bring?

stay tuned for more......
What a night, we all three stood on stage and made the people laugh a bit and spend alot to help Family SOS help out kids and families of HRM. My income to charitable donation ratio is edging closer to Bill Gates territory and thats the meaning of art. period.

2012 Family SOS charity auction

2012-01-16T08:12:00.001-08:00

This is the 2012 Family SOS charity auction painting that is up on stage this Thursday night to be sold to the highest bidder. The brilliant flowers in a sparkling gold frame is another product of Kyle's Beauty Salon and is out working for a great cause.

Kyle's Beauty Salon at Creative crossing

2012-01-10T04:48:00.000-08:00

The Salon is now open . I repainted the Broad Appeal show and repackaged them as a Beauty salon. This group of paintings could to be considered as a one work of art and as a traveling show that goes from space to space. If one girl is sold, then another girl is created to take her place. kinda like a traveling professional beauty team.
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Hopefully you can find time to visit Kyle's Beauty Salon, my latest oil paintings and another earnest attempt to capture the beauty of women.

The show is open Jan. 12 to Feb 5, Mon. to Sat .10-6, the Creative Crossing gallery, 5781 Charles st @ Agricola.

Last remaining, but not least of the love horn sale

2011-12-11T07:12:00.000-08:00

little horn 4x4 " $250.00

Red Star 10x10 $300

Love Potion $200

Lichenstien Horn $300

Exploding Horn $300

Cheeky peep show horn $250

Love Horn Sale

2011-11-17T03:09:00.000-08:00

Twenty new Lovehorns go on show and sale on Dec. 10 at 6026 Bliss st for one day only. Help spread the love!

2011-09-16T05:42:00.000-07:00

Small study of a standing nude 9x12

Save the view from Citadel Hill

2011-08-14T13:22:00.001-07:00

What is a view worth?

Culture Not Convention art exhibit.

Where: Khyber Building, 3rd Floor, 1588 Barrington Street, Halifax

Opening Reception: 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Monday, August 15, 2011

Exhibition Dates: August 15-19 inclusive (12-5pm)

Folk art festival 2011

2011-08-11T04:02:00.000-07:00

The four folk artists who were there at the beginning 22 years ago, from l to r, Kyle Jackson,
Bradford Naugler, Dave Stephens and Murray Gallant. Still staying busy making stuff. Here's to another 22 years!

Broad Appeal show 2011 @ 2053 Gallery, Gottingen st, Halifax

2011-06-03T13:13:00.000-07:00

Peggy, oil on panel, 20x24"

Summer on the waterfront, Oil on panel, 37x29",

Rafaela, oil on panel,16x20"

Mery, oil on panel,18x24"

Maria, oil on panel, 25x29"'

Frankie, oil on panel, 13x18,

Elizabet,Oil on panel, 15x19"

Summer, on springarden, Oil on panel, 80x29"

Red, oil on canvas,24x27"

Nila, oil on panel, 20x16"

Mona, oil on canvas, antique frame, 26x29"

Marie, oil on canvas, ornate frame, 25x29

Kelly,oil on panel, 18x24"

Gina, oil on panel, 20x24"

Duquesa, oil on panel, 18x24"

Angelica, oil on panel, 30x24"

Broad appeal

2011-05-11T14:34:00.000-07:00

Broad Appeal, artist Kyle Jackson’s latest painting exhibition, opens at Gallery 2053 Gottingen Street from June 2 to June 18. Jackson presents a new collection of strong and beautiful women with local landscapes acting as an anchor for the seductive subjects.

Always the creative engineer, Kyle Jackson continues to exhibit his talent at creating an engaging and enchanting dialogue between the viewer and the art. With his own unique style, developed over 25 years, Kyle has created a collection that is both a nod to classical maritime art traditions and contemporary pop art.

Opening Reception June 2, 7-10 pm at Gallery 2053, corner of Gottingen and Portland, Halifax.

Terence Bay Big Fish project

2011-03-25T15:14:00.000-07:00

Terence Bay Big Fish project

2011-03-25T14:54:00.000-07:00

After a fun filled week with the 45 students and staff at Terence bay elementary school, we finished building this 12x3ft big fish covered in individually painted scales. This sculpture is a new school mascot and protects as it reflects the surrounding areas history and abundance of great artists.

Terence bay Big Fish project

2011-03-22T17:22:00.001-07:00

This is after day two of a week long big fish project. Tommorow we are visited by 50 students from a neighboring school and will try to finish 420 shingles, while we finish building the frame while we attempt to create something never been done before in the history of civilization, build a big fat wooden fish.

Terence bay Big Fish project

2011-03-20T16:10:00.001-07:00

This is creative engineering at it's best. With the generous support of Arts Smarts, myself and the students at Terence bay school will be building a 12 ft x 3ft wooden fish that will celebrate the colorful community and history of this small hamlet by the sea..

Pirate wife as siren

2011-02-22T15:36:00.000-08:00

Sweet, dangerous and destructive temptation at the hands of a charming, seductive pirates wife. oil paint, beeswax, damar varnish on 24"x18"board. $800.00

Oil Paint

2011-02-22T15:27:00.000-08:00

I was wondering what direction I should take with my latest paintings, and rediscovered the luxury of painting with oil and beeswax and stumbled upon this pirate wife and new muse. Another siren to tempt our luck..

Save the View from Citadel hill

2011-02-12T06:38:00.000-08:00

Small sketch to allow for the size of the proposed Convention centre to speak for itself.

2011-02-09T13:56:00.000-08:00

The latest Love Horn, just in time for Valentines day and a study in gritty elegance.

Halifax Oval

2011-02-01T03:55:00.000-08:00

A small study of the wonderful Halifax skating oval that is packed on a bright sunny day. The oval orbit reminds me of a celestial orbit revolving around with energy and gravity and grace.

Dog portraits

2011-01-30T16:26:00.000-08:00

A small painting of a big dog.

Love Horn workshop

2011-01-24T09:04:00.000-08:00

Today the grade 3/4 students at Hawthorne school invited me in to lead a Lovehorn workshop. Shoeboxes, glue, magazines, paint and a little round horn came together in 22 different ways. We gathered at the end to give a short artist talk about the work and then finished off with this short composition of musical madness.

Philanthropy

2011-01-21T13:49:00.000-08:00

Family SOS Courage to Give Back awards.

I brought my latest halifax Painting to the Cunard Centre for the live auction to help raise money for Family SOS. The painting was auctioned off after my little speech about the painting being part of a circle of support - buy the painting, help SOS, help kids, help families, communities and city, turn into a colorful city painting.....

The painting helped to raise almost $3000! and we had a ball..

2011-01-18T15:51:00.000-08:00

Halifax Bluenose

Acrylic on wood panel, approx 2.5x5ft. 2011. A red light painting, trying to make you stop. This painting will be sold at Family SOS live charity auction at Halifax Pier 21, Jan. 20

Mona Lisa

2011-01-17T13:28:00.000-08:00

acrylic on canvas with a wax glaze. Maybe this is a new direction for me, famous female portraits.....

2010-11-29T16:44:00.000-08:00

Halifax main drag. 3.5' x 8', acrylic on concave wood panel $4000.00
" a one of a kind true piece of wondefulness that will increase in value as time marches on"

Love horns Nov. 2010

2010-11-16T16:41:00.000-08:00

How many horns have I made so far? I think these are #56 and #57.
The big target horn makes a sweet small sound by using a sound box technique to contain the loud horn and let the sound trickle out of the bell.
This horn deserves to be in the lobby of a home or business to allow each visitor to announce that they are there, in whatever shape they wish to be in..

Nocturne night

2010-10-17T11:12:00.000-07:00

Nocturne Night

2010-10-17T11:09:00.000-07:00

2010-10-16T12:00:00.000-07:00

the same boat horn has finally arrived on the halifax waterfront ..

2010-10-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

A conceptual sketch for a grant proposal to build an art wall on the grounds of Halifax Citadel High School. The wall considers the Halifax Common, it's history, present and future in the lives of the students and the community. Can the school let us build and install public art on the common land they occupy? Stay in touch to find out!

2010-10-03T16:18:00.000-07:00

The Same Boat Horn. I decided on painting the horn white to avoid toy references and to mimic a classic lighthouse/boat color. When I was building the horn I heard Van Morrison's song into The Mystic, with the lyrics "let your fog horn blow, into the mystic"

Same Boat Horn test

2010-09-24T12:26:00.000-07:00

2010-09-20T11:15:00.000-07:00

Horn in progress

2010-09-17T14:08:00.000-07:00

We Twisted the plywood into shape and stuck the smaller end into the round hole cut in the plywood. Then the portholes were cutout and trimmed. How do you like the shape of the horn so far? Photos of actual fog horns show a long slightly tapered horn, like a clarinet, so this horn is trying to mimic that shape as well as look loud, like Gabriels trumpet.
The next trick is the bellows assembly that is the engine that runs the whole structure. And then we have to support the horn up off the ground.......

Same Boat Horn in progress

2010-09-15T15:54:00.000-07:00

Well, this here is the beginning of the Same Boat Horn, a large human powered fog horn to be displayed at this years Nocturne night time art festival. This horn when complete will sit on the boardwalk facing out over the ocean. Visitors can activate the horn by pushing a bellows system I am still working on. What you see is bendable plywood being slowly bent into a cone shape with a lite spray of water at night to let the wood cells reconfigure into the needed shape.

This horn is due in a month so stay tuned and watch it grow...

Spring Garden Road Panorama

2010-08-29T03:43:00.000-07:00

This acrylic painting is slightly concave and 6ft.x2ft.. The bulk of the painting was done on the central library lawn in Halifax. The birds eye view allows the viewer to enter into the painting while they walk through the city. For reference i used google earth, sketches and photographs, but most of the time it was memory. My mind focuses on a memory of a place, street corner, building and becomes a swollen iconic image in the composition.
The painting is in my studio for 3 coats of glaze, more detail painting and sharpie detail, and will be on display this Monday for a week in the Park lane mall.

2010-08-28T17:42:00.000-07:00

An art dealer in Toronto asked my to recreate one of my early folk paintings for a client. This is 12 inches square and literally jumps out of the frame. It is interesting to forge your own work and teaches me how far I have come.

2010-08-19T16:42:00.000-07:00

This is a video sketch of the Same Boat Horn. I am building and installing this man powered fog horn on the Halifax Waterfront for Nocturne. Look for it on the south end of the new boardwalk at the bottom of Salter street. The horn is like the bell ontop of the Eco Church, ringing out a call for salvation in a time of percieved trouble from climate change.

2010-07-29T03:39:00.000-07:00

The "same boat horn" sketch for my sculpture to be built and installed on the Halifax waterfront during Nocturne, October 201o. This large box fog horn will allow the public to call out over the ocean waves a message of warning, recue and love.

2010-07-28T16:13:00.000-07:00

2010-07-27T05:08:00.000-07:00

Rocked, 25"x28"

When your beautiful world gets a little shake and the vase almost spills over, thats whats going on here.

2010-07-27T05:05:00.000-07:00

Nocturne 2010 Proposal

2010-06-24T04:36:00.000-07:00

This is the sketch for my 4'x4'x2'x6' high Sea
Level Warning Horn. It is people powered with a large bellows and a horn mechanism and to be a temporary installation on the Halifax Waterfront boardwalk as an instrument of warning and hope. This piece asks the question: what are the effects of Global warming on sea levels and what can we do about it? When Halifax experiences sea level rise, then we become global partners with 600 million other coastal inhabitants who feel the same, and some places more dramatic changes.

Sambro School Fish Fence 2010

2010-06-24T04:16:00.000-07:00

2010-05-23T16:44:00.000-07:00

The third annual Love Horn art installation at point Pleasant Park in Halifax. This little box allows art visitors to send a message of love out over the North Atlantic.

Mini artist talk

2010-04-25T16:25:00.000-07:00

A short tour of the Grit and Glamour show. My paintings are the expression of my soul.... wild, colorful and wandering through the local landscape.

Between Grit and Glamour studio visit

2010-04-12T05:20:00.000-07:00

The beginings of 5 new Halifax paintings for an upcoming solo show

2010-03-28T17:26:00.000-07:00

Halifax #1, work in progress, 31" x 62"

The beginnings of 5 new paintings for a Solo show coming up mid April in a yet to be named elegant white cube space near the corner of grit and glamour.

2010-03-28T17:24:00.000-07:00

Halifax #2, work in progress, 28" x 62"

2010-03-28T17:22:00.000-07:00

Halifax #3, work in progress, 29" x 37" work in progress

Nocturne on the streets of Halifax

2010-03-26T13:02:00.000-07:00

Five Paintings done at night in Halifax during the Nocturne arts Festival. The paintings are 12"x24" and represent a cold evening painting in the dark on the street. I challenged myself to make six paintings in six hours and this is the result. I have sold one but the remaining 5 are still available for sale.

Nocturne on the streets of Halifax

2010-03-22T16:52:00.000-07:00

One night, instead of painting in a warm dry studio, I decided to bring my easel outside into the night and paint 6 paintings in six hours. This is the third one looking down Barrington st.

2010-03-16T12:58:00.000-07:00

Halifax`Panorama 2010, 22"x30", watercolor, For Sale. This painting can be seen at the Jackson Drive Through Gallery in the south window of Gus's Pub at the corner of North and Agricola.

2010-03-03T05:04:00.000-08:00

Lunenburg,2009 ,acrylic, wood, 2'x3'

Painted before the 2009 summer folk art festival in Lunenburg. Made in a hurry and therefore splashes around in a fun way. Now lives on a wall on the south shore.

2010-02-27T04:07:00.000-08:00

Halifax 2009, 4'x2'4", acrylic on wood

Sometimes a painting starts out as a mongrel that is thrown up on the easel for fun. The result is a very loose painting style, carefree because the stakes are low. A great way to paint and I think the result in this painting shows a whimsical slapdash. It's like I let the painting out to play and get its clothes dirty and then I did a little polish and sent it on it's way.
I sold this one at the 21 annual Folk Art Festival in Lunenburg, N.S. to a couple that live in Dartmouth and look out their window at this cityscape. They were happy.

2010-02-25T13:34:00.000-08:00

Halifax 2009, 16'x4'5", Acrylic, wood, plastic, Collection AGNS.

This painting was a result of Art Eco childrens art festival. Myself and 50 kids worked on these two paintings. The frame holds all the recycled material and leaves the image clean.

2010-02-20T14:56:00.000-08:00

The artist as a young man holding his first Halifax painting that I sold for $35.00 in 1985. The scene is a boat crossing Halifax Harbour in 3d. This was one of a matching pair of paintings and I sold the other one so fast that I have no record of where it went. A few years ago someone said they saw the other one in a living room in Halifax? There are lots of paintings I made that were never photographed and are living somewhere, like kids who left home and never to be heard from again. sigh.

2010-02-20T14:36:00.000-08:00

Halifax, 2009, 2'x'4', acrylic on panel, Collection C.Garson

This is a commission piece made for a couple of art lovers. A wonderful thing happened when the two sail boats in the foreground fell in love with one another. I am fond of how the Harbour twists around behind the city and pulls your eye back and around. Notice the ocean horizon in the back round, never done that before. I love the fresh windy feeling. as I tried to make the painting sound and smell like the city by the sea. The painting was documented through its various stages and photos were sent to the client so they could watch the progress. They were very happy.

2010-02-16T15:51:00.000-08:00

Brightcity#2, 2007

2010-02-16T15:38:00.000-08:00

BrightCity#1, 2007, 8'3"x3'10", Acrylic on wood.

#2 in the Bright City series of three big Halifax`panoramas. All three were painted at the same time side by side and using the same basic scene. These paintings are full of freewheeling folk fauvist style and were in my mind, very successful and fun.

2010-02-16T05:34:00.000-08:00

Halifax watercolor, 2009, 13"x 32"

This painting was supposed to go to Greece but ended up in Montreal.

2010-02-15T17:03:00.000-08:00

Halifax, 2007, 8'3"x3'2", acrylic on wood, collection W. Spicer

This was one of the first big Halifax Panoramas with a birds eye view. The buildings have become a words in a vocabulary and this painting begins to tell a great story about Halifax. As I continue to paint the city, I continue to add more words/buildings and in doing so try to capture a more concise definition of Halifax.

2010-02-15T16:51:00.000-08:00

St.Johns, Newfoundland, 2009, 3'x4', acrylic on wood panel.

This is an interpretation of a great city by the sea. The big sky hopes to make the viewer feel the open expanse of the north Atlantic. The small mouth of the harbour was once described to me by an old newfoundlander as so tight that big ships had to grease their sides in order to slip into the harbour.
This original painting is for sale.

2010-02-14T07:28:00.000-08:00

Halifax 2009, 3'x2', collection J. Spatz

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