Carling Jackson

Carling Jackson of Vancouver, Canada is a humanitarian and professional, award-winning athlete portrait artist who immortalizes moments in sport on canvas. As an athlete artist who’s painted commissioned artwork for over 250 athletes from 26 countries and 18 leagues around the world, Carling’s dedication to creating custom pieces which encapsulate athletes’ visions make her both unique and universally recognized around the world. She was the first artist in World Cup history to paint at a World Cup (Qatar 2022). She has also recently create pieces for two stadiums. The Toronto Raptors 2019 Championship piece inside Scotia-bank Area and a portrait of the first ever Indigenous professional soccer player Terry Felix for BC place.   From Olympians to NBA players, her most recent pieces are for NormanPowell (Clippers), Jalen Ramsey (NFL), Emile Smith Rowe (Fulham FC), Noah Lyles (Olympian), etc. She was commissioned to paint a 20ft sports gallery, “Amplifying underrepresented athletes in sports” for the Wynn Hotel in Vegas in 2021. Carling also painted for TEAM USA at the Paris Olympics in 2024.