Collection

in the yard

Adopting a representational approach in place of the artist’s more customary abstract style, in the yard depicts a single figure holding a drum, set against a dizzying array of shapes and marks that allude to the Island’s thick tropical foliage. Typical of Jackson’s work, the brushwork, composition and colours are intended to showcase the hand of the artist and to emphasise painterly impact and passing impressions in place of exact representation. Through this series of preparatory studies, the artist seeks to explore the atmosphere of the contemporary Caymanian moment, as well as the essence of the people and the things that inhabit it.