Check out Jerry Jacobson’s Artwork

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jerry Jacobson.

Jerry, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
My father was an officer in the United States Navy and as a family we lived abroad for many of my formative years, never staying at any one location more than three years. Aside from numerous stateside assignments, the family lived in Morocco, Japan, and on Midway Island. My father believed that exposing his sons to the world would be a valuable learning experience. He was right. I have always made, and continue to make drawings. I try to draw every day. It is central to who I am as an artist. I believe that the best way to develop work is through working, whether one feels like it or not. Inspiration is over rated.

We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
My primary interest is in making images in new (at least to me) ways. I employ a number of different techniques within a number of different practices and projects. There are oil paintings with extensive drawing in ballpoint pen. There are drawings made on dictionary pages. There are altered photographs. There are postcards. Many, many postcards. I continue to produce a large number of small works on paper incorporating drawing and collage that grew from my interest in mail art. There is the Rust Farm Project in which metal and found objects are placed in glass jars with water and allowed to deteriorate over time.

The contents are then poured on paper sheets to create unique drawings with the rusted elements serving as pigment and subject. In recent years I have focused on producing a series of works on paper incorporating ink, rust, natural processes, and elements of chance. Various found objects are dropped or placed on wet paper, inks applied and allowed to dry slowly under pressure. The resulting Ink & Rust drawings are accepted as is without reworking and have been exhibited together in large grids.

How can artists connect with other artists?
I don’t see being lonely making art as being a problem. It is just part of being an artist.

Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
I recently have had solo exhibitions of my work at The Balcony at London Gold in Scottsdale and at Modified Arts in Phoenix. Presently I am included in the Copper State group exhibition at the Tohono Chul gallery in Tucson and will be part of the Art of Water exhibition at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. An overview of my work can be viewed on my website: www.intrepidart.net

Contact Info:

• Address: Tempe, AZ
• Website: www.intrepidart.net
• Email: jerry@intrepidart.net

Image Credit:
Jerry Jacobson

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