Artist

Phillips Jackson

Phillips Jackson is a British Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Phillips Jackson spent his life staring at the sea. He lived in Plymouth, where the River Tamar meets the English Channel, and his watercolors capture the way light bounces off choppy brown water. He didn’t make the waves grand or dramatic, he showed them ordinary, gray, and flecked with distant sails.

If you’ve ever stood on a windy wharf and felt the salt spray, Jackson’s “On the Hamoaze, Plymouth” is the closest thing to bottling that moment.

Works by Phillips Jackson

Collections represented

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