Eric Jacobsen’s Open Studio Sale

 

If you’ve ever admired a beautiful painting and wished you could afford to buy it, your opportunity may be at hand.  One of the most respected and well liked painters in the Northwest, Eric Jacobsen will be holding an open studio sale on September 13th and 14th at his home in Glenwood, Washington.  Studio sales are one of the best ways to buy art, as one avoids the 40-60% gallery markup.  It’s also a great way to add a personal connection to the art that you buy since you get to see where it is made. 

   

There are many good landscape painters in the Northwest, but what has always struck me about Eric’s work is the sense of serenity his work evokes, and the feeling of wonder he has for nature.  I think we sometimes forget how recently we settled the West, and we do not have a huge wealth of art which depicts the region.  I think Eric’s work captures both a romantic sense of the newness and wildness of the Columbia Valley, as well as contemporary awareness of our place in it. 

Eric’s current reputation is as more of a genre painter, but I think his stature will grow as he matures.  History has shown that it is usually just a few artists who’s work defines a physical place.  I have no doubt that Eric’s work is becoming the iconic imagery which defines what the Columbia Valley represents - both its past and its future.  He is, in my mind, both the representative of high craft, with his tremendous command over his medium, and a paragon of artistry - one who’s emotional connection to the world around him is translated into concrete works, anchoring us to our landscape.

 

Eric at work.

Eric’s studio is located at 25 Bird Creek Road in Glenwood, Washington.  For more infor call 509 364-0018.

From Eric’s webpage resume:  “Eric Jacobsen was born and raised in New England. He received 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 received 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.”