"Realism, Expressionism, Impressionism! We humans love to categorize something which is very basic. The cavemen made good art without any "ism's" at all

Born in Tennessee in 1948, David Michael Jackson's eclectic style is an indication of his basic nature. "I have always been many things at once it seems. Music and poetry have always been a part of my expression, but it is art and painting that just came naturally." Suddenly buying paint and brushes in 1987, Jackson set to work. "I don't remember deciding to paint. I just remember going to work with a drive that I had never experienced before. The goal was to find some form of expression which is mine."

I try to lose myself in the art. It usually takes weeks to paint my paintings. The abstractions take even longer. There is a period where I think the painting is finished and I leave it. I admire it for weeks and then I find that it still needs work in order to hold my lasting interest.