Description
Harpie’s Hawk, 2014
Artist: Suzanne Jackson
Acrylic on mixed papers, 78 x 38 x 6 inches
Signed and annotated, verso
SOLD
Harpie’s Hawk, “A big playfully wicked and melodious land-sprite.” – Suzanne Jackson
Suzanne Jackson was born in St. Louis, MO in 1944, and grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska. Jackson studied and received her BA at San Francisco State University, and her MFA from Yale University School of Drama, Design. She has had a distinguished career; exhibiting her works nationally and internationally. Jackson’s extensive works can be found in both public and private collections. She was also a student of Charles White and her colleagues have been Sam Gilliam, David Hammons and other prominent artists. Most recently, Suzanne Jackson’s work can be seen in Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (now at the Brooklyn Museum) and West by Midwest (Now at MCA, Chicago).
