Good to the Environment

AWJ is an ongoing featured silk artist at Dharmatrading.com. Alison buys her silk and textile supplies from this company considering they are both environmentally conscious and proactive while simultaneously taking good care of their staff and customers.

10 percent of all proceeds from marine mammal themed art pieces that are purchased go to The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California. Visit The Marine Mammal Center to learn more about the largest organization of its kind in the world where Alison is also a volunteer.

Artist Statement - Alison Watt Jackson

With silk painting and photography I find myself balanced, free, and able to let go of restraints imposed by our modern, linear thinking, society. Seeing the world anew through my own senses and releasing these through creative cathartic expression.

Silk painting teaches me to be focused and present in the moment. Replacing expectations or fears with spontaneity and gratitude. Knowing that once the paint flows onto the silk what comes to life is often unpredictable and cannot be taken back. At the same time, witnessing a glorious creation taking shape before my eyes that may take on an entirely new direction.

Photography teaches me to be open to possibilities - regardless of the setting - most often there is something of interest or special to me. I rarely go anywhere without my camera these days. I feel a sense of harmony when I pay attention to the details in my world, and when I listen to my intuition. Sometimes an idea for a photograph may have nothing to do with a place, but more of an idea or emotion that has suddenly come to fruition.

“Women of the Earth ” is my most recent photographic collection. The goal of this portfolio is to emphasize the synchronicity that inherently exists between women and nature; using shape, form, beauty and light to express this symbiotic relationship. Most all objects that were selected and photographed in the series have some personal significance or worth to me. As both the photographer and the model of these images, I find myself simultaneously in an exciting and groundbreaking creative era.

While I consider my collection original, there are several California master photographers that have influenced and guided my journey and they include Ruth Bernhard, Edward Weston, and David Stroup.