Eric Jackson

Biography

Eric Clark Jackson ('04 studio art & psychology, '10 MAT) is a teaching artist whose studio practice explores intersections of artistry, ecology, and handmade traditions within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  His work is meticulous and process-oriented, typically combining wildlife illustration with fiber arts in large scale explorations of iconography and place.  His teaching involves a research-based pedagogy rooted in choice-based methodologies, encouraging his students to make meaning through self-directed decisions and media choices.  

Eric partners regularly with conservation organizations across the region, from local initiatives with the St. Mary's River Watershed Association through partnerships with national changemakers including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Alliance for the Chesapeake.  He is the recipient of past grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, multiple local arts councils, and numerous conservation organizations.  He regularly presents his work through many of the state-affiliated regional folklife and heritage centers in the region as well. Eric's work is in the permanent collection of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, the Museum of Eastern Shore Culture, and Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, as well as in the collections of multiple past corporate sponsors.  

Eric has lived and worked in St. Mary’s for 40 years, with the exception of a few study abroad adventures as an undergraduate Seahawk.  An avid outdoorsperson, Eric continues to explore the regional watershed from his home in Leonardtown, capturing an iconography of the Chesapeake wildlife he encounters on the water.