Jackie is a native and life time resident of the Atlanta area, currently living in Sandy Springs. She is a graduate of Georgia State University and has been taking art classes at Chastain Arts Center in Atlanta, Abernathy Arts Center in Sandy Springs, and Spruill Arts Center in Dunwoody. She has participated in many art shows and exhibits in the Atlanta/North Georgia area. After working at State Farm until 2007, Jackie Brown decided to pursue her interest in visual arts and strive to advance her skills in several mediums, such as oil, pastel, and watercolor.

Her art education has included self study and studying with many nationally and locally recognized artists. She enjoys painting the landscape of the Southeastern United States, from mountain ranges to marshes to sea shores. She has also expanded towards painting landscapes of areas where she has traveled, either in the United States or in Europe.