E.E. Jacks (b. 1985, Long Beach) is a self-taught painter who lives and works in Southern California. She works in a variety of media and is known for her nocturne and naturalistic paintings.

Over the years Jacks has come to respect the linear, synonymous lines between impressionism, expressionism, and abstraction. Her creative approach and process taps into romanticism, shape, form and the sentimental.

“Part of what influences me is societal relationships with the natural world. I wish to illustrate, that balance can be had in our exchanges with nature and to encourage a search for those connections.

I strive to understand the universe, by revealing, analyzing and capturing moments.

I am constantly thinking about perspective and how to concisely catalogue and present ideas. From loneliness to resilience, I find that humanity and my personal history seeps into the paint.

At the beginning of every piece I focus on inserting emotion and motion and then work on top of those layers, imbuing the realities of our changing external and emotional scapes.”

-Jacks

In 2024 her work was launched to the moon in two separate missions. The Lunar Codex curated her work into the NOVA & POLARIS Capsules. NOVA successfully launched and landed on ‘Odysseus’ of Intuitive Machines, 2/14/24. POLARIS is scheduled for 11/24.

’Odysseus’ -including all payloads- is now a Artemis Accords Heritage Site.

Jacks has also been showcased in museums such as MOLAA, the Yellowstone and Yosemite Museums and been recognized by the California Legislature and exhibited in the John Wayne Airport and California State Capitol.

E.E. Jacks has been a gallerist with long- standing artist & art community connections & a curator of traditional & contemporary spaces. She has published, written numerous art reviews, juried many exhibitions and continues to do so. She is also a poet and has currently written five books.

Jacks exhibits her work in various Galleries and Museums nationwide.