Barry Jackson Bronze Sculpture
Bronze Sculptor Barry Jackson
is a second generation South African, born of Scottish and Afrikaner descent.
He was born in South Africa in 1949 and raised and educated in Zambia in
Central Africa. Barry now lives and works in Cape Town, near to the slopes of
Table Mountain.
He began his career in
advertising as an art director but soon went freelance as an advertising
illustrator. During this period he also did work for the philatelic
services department of the GPO and designed and illustrated many sets of
stamps and first day covers including some award winning sets for South
Africa, Namibia and surrounding countries.
His fine art career was
developing simultaneously and soon the high demand for his sculpture required
him to concentrate almost exclusively on his fine art. His works, of limited
editions are sought by collectors and art lovers globally who identify with
conservation, wildlife, African ethnic themes and the vanishing cultures of
Southern Africa.
His main medium for sculpting
is bronze, which is the most difficult and time consuming of all the arts.
Barry does not delegate any of the work except for the foundry process because
he believes this delicate and complicated process should only be carried out
by suitably skilled and qualified people with the best equipment available.
Barry has participated in many
group exhibitions at the Crake Gallery in Norwood, Everard Reed Gallery in
Cape Town, David Thorpe Fine Art Gallery in Plettenberg Bay, The Johan Smith
Gallery in Clarence and the Cape Gallery in Cape Town.
Barry's bronzes are renowned
internationally and can be seen in boardrooms and reception areas of
companies, private collections and game lodges throughout the world. There is
a permanent display of his sculpture at Bushmans Kloof Game Lodge near
Clanwilliam.
The Oslo Stock Exchange
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange
The Union Bank of Switzerland
Ingersoll Rand Mining Co., (France)
The Italian Envoy in Johannesburg
Consolidated Rock Machinery, Alberton
The Board of Executors (Investment Bankers)
Bill McAdam, Chairman of the Board of Executors and owner
of Bushmans Kloof
Bushmans Kloof Lodge in the Cederberg Mountains in South
Africa
Nicholas Oppenheimer
Old Mutual Plc.,
Sasol S.A.
Lord Pilkington, U.K.
Hellenic Society of Linden, Johannesburg
Frans Pretorius, Director of African Bank
Kessler, Roche Pharmaceuticals
Daan van der Winkel, F.P. Collection, Casala Meubeulen,
Nederland.
Department of Public Works, Government of South Africa.
J P Morgan Investment Bank
Lonsdale Services Ltd, UK
