If you roll up to this show looking for voyeuristic thrills forget it. But if you're looking for some interesting images by an up and coming artist, well then you've come to the right place. Jackson entices the eye with large, colour saturated works that can be interpreted in the abstract or pictorial manner, according to the side of the brain you're working from at the time.

When defining the figure, Jackson employs colour and value contrasts that makes an interesting artwork as well as a dramatic portrait, allowing viewers to connect with the painting without knowing the subject. The three images of Steve in Dorian Gray Series are good examples. These works sculpt the upper torso of the subject with light and shade so he emerges as a golden icon from the dark ground. This ground is nothing more then of a thin black wash framed by the unpainted, off-white edges of the canvas surface. It gives the illusion we are looking at Steve reflected in a dark glass.

Jackson's brushwork invites close inspection to admire the medium as well as the artist's ability to manipulate it. Stand too close to the larger works like Breathe or Naked or Pensive and you'll get lost in the host of rich colour that crashes against a large negative area of pure black pigment, to form an organic abstraction. Then step away and make a lateral mind shift to find large, close-ups of aspects of the human form (mouth and chin, neck and shoulder, face) glowing against the dark ground. Stunning!

Jackson also offers smaller sketch-like figure works that are of interest for their sense of spontaneity without loss of drawing competency. In all, this is a fine exhibition and I look forward to more from this artist.