Eric Jacobsen
http://jacobsenstudio.com
Eric Jacobsen was born and raised in New England. He recieved a BA in History from Gordon College in Wenham, MA in 1989 and studied fine art at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT from 1991-1995. At the Academy he recieved training in the Beaux Arts tradition of drawing and painting from life. His true inspiration is the amazing beauty that he sees in nature. Jacobsen is a "Plein Air" painter. He takes his oils wherever he goes, setting up on site, working until his painting is finished. Eric shows his work nation wide and has won several awards including the "Yankee Magazine Robb Sagendorph Memorial Award" from the Copley Society in Boston, MA and was honored as one of the "Top 16 Emerging Artists" of 2001 by Arts & Antiques Magazine. In 2004 Eric won an "Award of Merit" at the Oil Painters of America NW Regional Exhibition and in 2005 he was awarded again by the OPA the "Utrecht Award of Excellence". In 2007 he was featured in the September edition of American Art Collector and also the August edition of Southwest Art Magazine. Eric currently resides with his wife and three children in Glenwood, WA where he paints and teaches workshops. "It is most important to me that my paintings convey a certain mood", Eric says. "I want them to be felt by the viewer without his or her having to analyze or think about them. As a general rule, I try to find strong compositions in nature and then paint the scene accurately while leaving out any extraneous details which would only busy up the painting and detract from the strength of the piece as a whole. My painting process consists of finding a painting site and setting up to paint for a couple of hours, or until the light has changed. For larger paintings, I will return on consecutive days at the same time, under similar lighting conditions to finish a piece. Once back in the studio, I often change minor aspects of the painting by softening edges or changing the shape of a cloud, etc. However, I try to keep the work done in the studio to a minimum." AWARDS 2007 Best Studio Work, Northwest Plein Air, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR 2007 Second Place, Northwest Plein Air, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR 2006 Second Place, Northwest Plein Air 2006, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR 2005 Best Studio Work, Northwest Plein Air, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR 2005 Artist Choice Award, Paint the Town Red, Muse Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY 2005 Utrecht Award of Excellence, OPA Fourteenth National Exhibition, Chicago, IL 2004 Award of Merit, OPA NW Regional Exhibition, Howard/Mandville, Kirkland, WA 2003 Third Place, "Progress Energy Florida Invitational", MainStreet Galleries, Perry, FL 2002 "Kahlil Gibran Award", Fall Members Exhibition, Copley Society, Boston, MA 2001 "Juror's Choice Award", 22nd Annual Artists of the Gorge Exhibition, Stevenson, WA 2001 "Honorable Mention", Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR 1999 "Purchase Award",20th Annual Artists of the Gorge Exhibition, Stevenson, WA 1999 "Copley Artist", Copley Society, Boston, MA 1998 "Jurors Choice", 19th Annual Artists of the Gorge Exhibition, Stevenson, WA 1996 "Yankee Magazine Robb Sagendorph Memorial Award", Copley Society,Boston, MA 1995 "John Stobart Landscape Fellowship", Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT 1995 "First Prize", Human Element Juried Show, Essex, CT 1995 "Robert Brooks Memorial Student Scholarship Award", Copley Society, Boston, MA PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Miranda Collection, OR Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR Nannie Warren, Prindle, WA William G. Winterer, Essex, CT Robert Joki, Portland, OR Senator & Mrs. Mark O. Hatfield Marty Stephenson, Rhododendron, OR GALLERY REPRESENTATION Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA Art on the Boulevard, Vancouver, WA G.C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, Ingram Gallery, Wiscasset, ME Metropolitan Gallery, Arlington, VA Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR The Sovereign Collection, Portland, OR Two Medicine Gallery, Whitefish, MT MAGAZINE ARTICLES American Art Collector, "OPA Western Juried Exhibition", September 2007 Southwest Art, "Pacific States of Mind", August 2007 American Art Collector, "Old and New Favorites", December 2006 Arts & Antiques, "Top 16 Emerging Artists", December 2001 Southwest Art, "Artist to Watch", September 2001 American Artist, "Painting in the Snow-Then and Now", May 1999 American Artist, "John Stobart: Art Students' Benefactor", January 1999 ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS --2008-- "Northwest Landscapes", University Club, Portland, OR "Quiet Places", Art on the Boulevard, Vancouver, WA --2007-- "Plein Air", Sovereign Collection, Portland, OR --2006-- "Oregon Landscapes", City Hall, Portland, OR "Recent Paintings", G.C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN "Painterly Pieces", Yoshida Fine Art Gallery, Portland, OR --2005-- "Northwest Landscapes", Sovereign Collection Gallery, Portland, OR --2004-- "Recent Paintings", Sovereign Collection Gallery, Portland, OR --2003-- "Oregon Landscapes", Sovereign Collection Gallery, Portland, OR --2002-- "Recent Work", Sovereign Collection Gallery, Portland, OR Solo Exhibit, Governor's Office, Oregon State Capital, Salem, OR --2001-- "The Oregon Landscape", Sovereign Collection Gallery, Portland, OR Solo Exhibition, Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR --2000-- Solo Exhibition, Sovereign Collection Gallery, Portland, OR --1999-- "Northwest Landscapes", Antoinette Hatfield Gallery, Portland, OR "Recent Landscapes", Sovereign Collection Gallery, Portland, OR --1998-- "Recent Paintings", Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT --1996-- "Connecticut Landscapes", John Stobart Fellowship Exhibition, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT GROUP EXHIBITIONS --2008-- "Common Ground", Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR --2007-- "2007 Artist Invitational", Two Medicine Gallery, Whitefish, MT "Erika Reid Group Exhibition", Anne Irwin Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA "A Hundred Years of Oregon Art", Mt. Hood Cultural Center and Museum, Government Camp, OR "Englewood Arts National Juried Art Show 2007, Englewood Civic Center, Englewood, CO "Three Painters", Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR --2006-- "March Featured Show with Nancy Taylor Stonington, Eric Jacobsen, and Scott Switzer", Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR --2005-- "Steens Wilderness Plein Air Show". Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR "Gorge Paint Out", Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR "Carmel Art Festival", Carmel, CA "Observing Oregon", Plein Air Invitational, Yoshida Gallery, Portland, OR "Paint the Town Red", Plein Air Invitational, Muse Gallery, Jackson, WY "Interpretation 05 Contemtorary Landscapes by Nancy Baker & Eric Jacobsen, Metropolitan Gallery, Arlington, VA "Oil Painters of America Fourteenth National Juried Exhibition, Utrecht Award of Excellence, Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago, IL --2004-- "Oil Painters of America Northwest Regional Juried Exhibition", Award of Merit, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA "Oil Painters of America Western Regional Juried Exhibition", Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR "Masters in Montana", Chaparral Gallery, Bozeman, MT "Carmel Art Festival", Carmel, CA "International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art Salon International 2004", Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX "Recent Paintings", Metropolitan Gallery, Arlington, VA "Englewood Arts National Juried Art Show-2004", Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO --2003-- "Smith Rock Plein Air Show", Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR "Fresh", Two Person Exhibition, Yoshida Fine Art Gallery, Portland, OR "Oil Painters of America West/Southwest Mountain Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils", Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Lyme Academy Arts Ball 2003 at Sotheby's, New York, NY "2003 West/Southwest Mountain Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Two Person Exhibition, Metropolitan Gallery: Claren Court Studio, Arlington, VA "Progress Energy Florida Invitational", MainStreet Galleries, Perry, FL "Oil Painters of America Twelfth Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils",Nichols Taos Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM --2002-- "Fall Members Exhibition, Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA "Landscapes", G.C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN "Free Spirited: Recent work by Eric Jacobsen and Linley Schetky", Yoshida Fine Art Gallery, Troutdale, OR "Salon International 2002", Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX "11th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America", Hilligoss Galleries, Elmhurst, IL --2001-- "22nd Annual Artists of the Gorge Exhibition, Stevenson, WA "2001 West/Northwest Mountain Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils", Oil Painters of America, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT Two Person Exhibition, Yoshida Fine Art Gallery, Troutdale, OR --2000-- "21st Annual Artists of the Gorge Exhibition", Stevenson, WA "Oregon Artists", Sovereign Collection Gallery, Portland, OR --1999-- "20th Annual Artists of the Gorge Exhibition, Stevenson, WA Keogh Gallery, New York, NY "Copley Artists", Copley Society, Boston, MA --1998-- "Old Lymers", Copley Society, Boston, MA "19th Annual Artists of the Gorge Exhibition, Stevenson, WA --1996-- "Five Emerging Artists", Gordon College, Beverly, MA - From Eric Jacobsen's Website (www.jacobsenstudio.com)