Caution:Artist at Play-Artwork by Shana Rowe Jackson

   Life in the 'Dale is a fun, whimsical series that I am working on, based on childhood, farming and a whole bunch of giant sized objects!! It is my longest going series thus far with 16 paintings and many more to come. I got the inspiration for Life in the 'Dale when I painted "I should have Kept that Cow" which is an illustration of the fairytale Jack and The Beanstalk. "I Should Have Kept That Cow!!"     I really liked the way it came out and the whimsical style in which I painted it so I decided to do more like it.      The name "'Dale" (The word Dale itself means valley or broad valley) Comes from a shortened version of my hometown "Farmingdale" . In fact the series is loosely based on what Farmingdale may have looked like long ago in it's founding days. Most of the images have an old fashioned twist to them, depicting simpler times.  I'll Be The Teacher's Pet For Sure!!!     All the titles are clever des

  I have been thinking about doing a blog for sometime now, but was worried I wouldn't have anything to say. Also, I am not the best at sp e lling (You have been warned ;) ) So never really thought this would be my thing. My main reason to have blog is to help promote and share my artwork with my fans, and give them a chance to get to know me better . Then I thought about it and realized that I LOVE talking about my art and art in general so why not start a blog? "New England Drive" 18"x24" acrylic © Shana L Rowe Jackson 2011   I guess I will start by stating a little bit about myself and my journey as an artist. I have been an artist for as long as I remember, in fact I was already showing signs of the "art bug" before I was out of diapers. I don't remember ever wanting to be anything but an artist. I started documenting my artwork in scrapbooks by the time I was eight years old, because I knew I would want to look back someday as a f