Mikayla
Primarily an abstract painter, Jackson’s work explores the painterly process by juxtaposing the traditional medium of oil and acrylic paint with more recent forms of digital technology. Mikayla is the first painting in which the artist combines oil and acrylic paint together, creating a portrait of the artist’s friend. He chooses not to capture an accurate depiction but rather to create “a more human image”, with the sitter’s individual personality instead conveyed through the painting’s narrative of abstract forms.
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).
