Ashley Jackson's Biography. - BOND, Chris

2010, 188pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition. Ashley Jackson, has had an extremely distinctive and illustrious life in the world of art. Since opening his first gallery back in 1963, he has become one of the country's leading and most successful landscape watercolourists. His unique evocative and distinctive paintings of brooding moorlands have become synonymous with Yorkshire, and more particular the moors above and around his Gallery situated in the heart of the Pennines, Holmfirth. His works have been exhibited worldwide, and adorn the walls of many successful and famous people, from politicians to actors, from Tsars to Princes. Ashley was honoured when the former President of America Bill Clinton, an avid art collector, was presented with an original watercolour. Ashley throughout his career has always been an ambassador for the arts. He has strived through his life to encourage people not just to take up art, but to appreciate the beauty of the landscape around us. His exhibitions have included Ashley Jackson One Man Exhibition at Patchings Artfarm. [Ashley Jackson's Biography.]