Robert Scott Jackson was born in Newburyport, MA. in 1946. After attending the University of New Hampshire he enrolled at Vesper George School of Art in Boston where he graduated as the top student in the fine arts. He was invited to study with the famous Boston painter and teacher R.H. Ives Gammell as well as artists Robert Douglas Hunter and Sidney Willis.

Mr. Jackson has been a member of prestigious art clubs including Allied Artists Of America, The Salmagundi Club of New York City, and The Copley Society Of Boston, where he is a Copley Master. He is listed in "Who's Who in the East" and "Who's Who in America."