Afloat and Ashore - The Linocuts of HJ Jackson by Alan Marshall

Author: Alan Marshall
Paperback

Mascot Media's reputation for producing high quality illustrated books (The Artful Hare being a recent example) is only enhanced by this latest offering, covering the work of artist and illustrator HJ Jackson - part biography, part primer on printmaking techniques and part high quality art book showcasing the work of this fine Norfolk artist. From the publisher's blurb:

HJ Jackson was born in 1938 in the Norfolk town of Kings Lynn. He lived in a railway house at Harbour Junction, the son of a second-generation railwayman. At school in 1953 he cut his first piece of lino and produced his first print, which helped him secure a place at the Norwich School of Art. This book looks back at more than 60 years of printmaking. Afloat & Ashore contains a representative selection of John’s 200-plus surviving prints, accompanied by a profile of an artist for whom the phrase ‘a colourful character’ could have been invented. This is no Norfolk scenic guide, railway retrospective or fisherman’s almanac, although elements of all these things are present, alongside a discussion of John’s printmaking technique. John is a Senior Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, a member of the Society of Wood Engravers and has had a long involvement with Norwich Print Fair as contributor and curator. His support for the arts is unstinting, and his enthusiasm infectious.

Publisher: Mascot Media
ISBN: 9780992991449