{"id":2481,"date":"2009-10-06T10:27:59","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T09:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/domain2366781.sites.fasthosts.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:30:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Jackson&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2481\" class=\"elementor elementor-2481\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-277367f1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"277367f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4801b77c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4801b77c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the artists' blog<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73786725 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73786725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to Jackson\u2019s Art Blog, a source of reliable, specialist, and educational content for artists at every skill level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 2009, our blog is a space for artists to learn, reflect, and deepen their understanding of both practice and materials. 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