Jett Jackson, Arteest

by chris cunningham

Every year there’s the “Art in the Park” festival that goes on where I live. I call it “Fart in the Park” behind its back. Quite honestly it’s a lot of C grade artists hawking art that’s not good enough to be on a refrigerator. But, no matter what art show you go to, there always seems to be one artist who stands head and shoulders above everybody else. That one was Jett Jackson [LINK]. Amazing stuff, and a lot about heartbreak. I could have easily taken 4 or 5 pieces home but chose one because I didn’t want to over do myself. I got all sorts of great stories out of her about her paintings. The one I picked out is called “Act Like You’re Not Hurting”. It’s part of a series called, “Spring Break Up 2002”. It was a whole boyfriend left her for a another woman scenario. Dramatic events manifesting themselves into great work. Her words of advice? Never paint anything bigger than your car. I think she meant for transporting reasons. She was a lot of fun and has a show in October I’m definitely going to. Click for a close up.