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Jackie Zagon graduated from LIU Southampton College in December of 2001 with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting, Summa Cum Laude, five years after becoming a grandmother. She is now a resident of Currituck, N.C.

Jackie’s work has been exhibited by many New York Art Associations since 1995. She has won a long list of awards, from honorable mention to first prize. In 2003 her work was displayed in the Heckscher Museum. Her artwork has been favorably reviewed twice by the New York Times. A major piece was awarded publication in the 13th edition of Living Artists.

Jackie can work in a variety of media and genres: oils, watercolors, acrylic, pen & ink, monotypes, papermaking, collage, computer art and sculpture. Her body of work includes: landscapes, still lifes and non-literal mindscapes, having many artistic voices, she defies easy categorization. However, since moving to North Carolina, she is busy producing a body of work about the people, places and history of her new home using acrylic on canvas as her medium.

She is also teaching acrylic painting seminars, and is heading up a local plein aire painting group called The Wet Paint Society.