South Plaza Sculpture Exhibit 2006

Horse 1
(Welded Steel & Patina)
(2003 - 2004)

Artist
William G. Jackson

Bill Jackson is a painter and sculptor in Aiken, SC. His most recent museum exhibition was a two-person show with Philip Morsberger at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum in Fort Dodge, Iowa. His work is currently in the traveling exhibition "South Carolina Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition" at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park in Charleston. His most recent solo gallery exhibitions were at City Art in Columbia, SC, in September 2005, and at Lewis & Clark Gallery in Columbia, in December 2005 - January 2006. Jackson in 2005 won the first "South Carolina Regional Sculpture" competition, juried by famous Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt. His work also has been exhibited at the Columbia (SC) Museum of Art and the Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum in La Grange, Ga.

C o p p e r h e a d
(Welded Copper, Bronze & Patina)
(2005)
(Small horse)
Size: 31x48x12 inches

Jackson's statement:
"Horses fascinate me because I fear them and because they remind me of my father, who died when I was still young. My dad loved horses, and a lot of things he and I did together revolved around horses. My interest in the raptor has to do with my interest in evolution as well as in birds in general. Birds to me represent a sense for freedom, especially in their ability to rise above the earth, above daily existence. Raptors were, of course, birds' predecessor."
For more information please visit the artists website: www.jacksongallery.com.

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