Under the surface

The River Fowey becomes the latest subject in Kurt Jackson’s new exhibition.

Kurt Jackson has spent well over 40 years working on, next to and along many different watercourses, painting and drawing, following and observing these dynamic and enigmatic waterways. For his newest exhibition, Jackson focuses on the River Fowey, one of Cornwall’s most iconic rivers, tracing its route from the source high up on Bodmin Moor. From here, it weaves through farmland and wooded valleys across the county until it meets the sea in the sheltered deep-water estuary by Fowey town.

Over the last few years, Jackson has truly immersed himself in the elements on a beautiful, diverse and richly rewarding journey to create this series of paintings, simply titled The Fowey. Jackson says: “I am not alone in thinking and dreaming about rivers, let alone working with them. Rivers are places we find emotive, they carry our memories, feelings and histories.” To quote the environmental campaigner and journalist George Monbiot: “Through Kurt Jackson’s stunning and gorgeous paintings, we derive a sense of what rivers once were and can be again. We can feel the flow and power of these magnificent living systems, their latent force and demand for freedom, the hint of what they want to be.”

Kurt Jackson goes further, stating: “Rivers serve as borders, transport routes, food, water and energy sources. But they are more than that – they have a life of their own and support more life and lives than we could ever imagine. Maybe more importantly, they are on the front line of the environmental and climate crisis.”

For The Fowey, the Jackson Foundation Gallery has partnered with Friends of the Earth, a pioneering charity that works to protect people and planet. For the duration of The Fowey exhibition, the gallery will host Transforming Tomorrow, a photographic exhibition telling the story of Friends of the Earth’s most iconic change-making campaigns. Kurt Jackson’s The Fowey and Friends of the Earth’s Transforming Tomorrow will run until February at the multi-award-winning Jackson Foundation Gallery in St Just. Why not pop down to have a look at this beautiful collection of artworks?

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