THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
MUSEUM PRESENTS
Still-Life Theater
Philip R. Jackson
March 24-May 10, 2009
Reception April 26
2-4 p.m.
verso: A Family Experience, oil on panel, 24"H x 41"W,
On loan from the Evansville Museum, Indiana
My paintings celebrate precarious and unpredictable, yet everyday experiences through commonplace objects. Through the still life I am able to use objects that by nature are inanimate and usually serve practical or decorative purposes but through a radiant illumination of color and light they demand their own supernatural presence. Each object seems to seek freedom from associations of its trivial past and ascend into an implied state of actuality. I intentionally place each object into a theatrically charged space to remove its once casual snack or dust–ridden trophy status and present the object with its own unique stage of animated reality. Through my motivation of visual curiosity, I hope that my paintings will stir the hearts and minds of viewers to pause during their daily routine and experience special moments of wonder.
Philip R. Jackson
