Elle Jackson’s practice is inspired by her therapeutic observation of the natural world.  She is intrigued by the concept of materiality, and what one can do with, and coax out of, the materials and surfaces available to the artist.  Working with an array of different mediums – including oil paint, up-cycled textiles and foraged clay – Jackson’s wall-based forms emerge through the bonding of these materials, resulting in highly textured and tactile objects that connect back to the earth.  By choosing to merge the two worlds of painting and textile, she is connecting stories of the past and present.

Through her deep connection with nature and the land, Jackson strives to tap into something beyond the confines and weight of modern life, through a more naturalist approach to art and art making.  She forms an intimate relationship with her medium that journeys through an instinctual process of layering, observing, contemplating.  Each layer consumes and buries the preceding one.  Through this ritual, she has found a way to still the mind and be at one with her material.  Her use of repurposed fabric and objects gives new life to the otherwise discarded, encouraging a movement of regeneration in our typically wasteful and consumerist society.  Jackson intends for the viewer to ponder over and reflect upon her pieces with the same sensitivity and curiosity she evokes to produce them; creating a vessel in which to inspire us back to nature.