Kate Jackson, former lead singer of the Long Blondes, reflects on the lack of photos from her band's heyday, noting a preoccupation with mundane travel scenes. Her fascination with roads, highlighted in the band's song "Separated By Motorways," has evolved into her current visual art career. Inspired by bold pop art and artists like Andy Warhol, Jackson transforms overlooked motorway scenes into vibrant, romantic artworks, encapsulating the beauty of often-ignored landscapes in sharp colors and geometrical forms. She emphasizes how people typically overlook these spaces while speeding by.
I've got tons of photos of airport lounges and long stretches of road in Europe, she says with a shake of the head. Lots of German service stations. Nothing of the band! No backstage fun, no frolics!
As a Pulp-obsessed teenager in Bury St Edmunds, she would gaze out of the kitchen window and dream of escaping small town life via the A14.
Using bold, pop art-inspired colours and sharp geometrical lines, Jackson's paintings transform parts of our unloved motorway network into dazzling scenes of romance and possibility.
Nobody really takes any notice of them — you’re always whizzing by.
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