BARBARA JACKSON, M.F.A., is a professional artist whose work is held in public, corporate and private collections in the United States and Europe. Her post-graduate training took place in Florence, Italy where she studied classical painting techniques. She has worked as a museum educator and has taught studio courses at art schools, colleges and universities for over twenty years. She currently lives in Houston, Texas and conducts workshops in the United States and France. Her most recent artistic explorations have been with ink with shaped paper and ink.