Jackson Storey was well known for his paintings of the West.  He was born in San Marcos, Texas and  first studied at Southwest Texas State Teachers College, Texas A & M, the Chicago Art Institute and the American Academy. He then freelanced for five years before going to work as a copy editor at a Dayton advertising agency where he met a Cincinnati artist, William McElfriesh who offered to finance a new commercial art school in Cincinnati called the Central Academy of Commercial Art. The school opened in 1931 and operated out of Storey's home in Walnut Hills.

At one time, Jackson was offered a job that paid six figures as head of a Chicago firm's advertising department. He refused because he wanted to stay in Cincinnati and help young people through his academy. Many of his students had little funds to pay for their education so Storey let them work around the school or his home to help pay their tuition.

"He touched the lives of so many young people who were trying to find their niche in life, those who had a flair for art", says Joseph Rosen, a close, personal friend of Storey's. He continues to say, "he took the time to work with them - all of his life.

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Director at The Central Academy of Commercial Art, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati