Born 1902 in Hamiota, Manitoba, Ronald Jackson is well known for his British Columbia’s coastal views which more often than not detail a small fishing vessel. He was a graduate of the Slade School of London where he won the Slade School of Fine Art Duveen Award. He further studied at the Grand Chaumier, Paris and the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. He received Government commissions from the United Kingdom, Government of Canada and Provincial Government of British Columbia. The artist lived most of his life in Vancouver, British Columbia, was a member of the International Oceanographic Foundation, the British Columbia Society of Artists, and a founding member of the Canadian Society of Marine Artists.