A partial list of Jackson's awards and honors includes:
- Walser Greathouse Medal — American Watercolor Society
- Best of Show — Northwest Watercolor Society National Exhibition
- Winsor & Newton Award — National Watercolor Society
- Designed the White House Easter Egg
- Designed Missouri's Commemorative State Quarter
- Created "Spot," a 30' diameter tiger mosaic & led more than a thousand volunteers in its 420,000 tile construction at the University of Missouri, Columbia
- Invited to the Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary International Watermedia Masters in China