mikayla
Featuring a reoccurring subject in the artist’s wider body of work, mikayla forms part of a larger series of preparatory studies that accompany Jackson’s finished paintings on canvas. In these, the artist uses the expressive medium of charcoal and graphite to depict his subjects in a spontaneous fashion, foregoing intricate detail in favour of capturing the atmosphere of a scene and the essential qualities of the figures that inhabit it. Here, he captures the intimacy between an artist and his muse, as both figures depicted appear lost in a timeless state of mutual self-reflection.
About the Artist
John Reno Jackson
b. 1995
John Reno Jackson is an emerging contemporary Caymanian painter. He attended foundation courses in painting and drawing at the London Art Academy in 2015. Since then, he has continued his painterly explorations through a series of abstract works made in Grand Cayman. Jackson has exhibited at Paulo – PADA Studios in Barreiro, Portugal, where he attended an artist’s residency in 2020, and at Artisan Space in London, UK. His work is in the permanent collection of NGCI, where it was featured in the exhibitions Island of Women: Life at Home During Our Maritime Years (2020), Reimagined Futures – 2nd Cayman Islands Biennial (2021) and The People’s Collection – A 25-Year Cultural Legacy (2022).
