TOOLS OF THE TRADE

9" x 12" TOOLS OF THE TRADE - OIL ON PANEL

Our  Friday Painting Group decided to paint "Hats".  So I set up my Plein Air hat and my half box easel and arranged a still life.  Got it "blocked" in at our group and finished it off today.  Kind of a fun piece for me.  BTW I love my hat also.  A great gift from my daughter Christina, I use it all the time when I paint out doors.

Higbee 6" X 6" Fall Art Show

Accepted Into The Show - Moonlight Sail Oil On Panel

Thrilled to find out this little painting was accepted into the Higbee Fall 6 x 6 Art Show in California.   Now got to get it packaged up and ready to ship off to the show.  The last show, I had a piece in also, some incredible artwork done on this small format.  Was amazing to see the high quality of paintings.  I am honored to be in the show.

Giclee Canvas Prints Are Now Available On My Website

5" x 7" to 16" x 20" Giclee Prints Stretched And Ready For A Frame

I finally have my Giclee Print Page up and running on my website : www.kurtjacobson.com

I have an assortment of Prints available of my work in affordable sizes, some Limited Editions and some Open Editions.

I would love to have you explore the page and give me your thoughts and suggestions.

ARTS & CRAFT EMPORIUM ANNUAL SHOW

THE BIG SHOW IN ANCHORAGE OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON!!

This show is 300+ booths of Alaska Artisans Creations.   Great show, Great Holiday Gifts!

Once again I will have my booth #864 at the show.  Looking forward to this seasons show, I have:

New Giclee Prints of some of my best new Paintings

Various sizes for you budget 

Original New Paintings for you to purchase

Come support your Alaskan Artists. Stop buy ( Pun Intended ) and say "Hi"

 

Finished off the Demo Pieces

Two Demo Pieces I started at Blaine's Art Supply Product Demonstration Weekend 

Last weekend I was painting live all weekend at Blaine's demoing Graham Oil Paints.  I worked both of these paintings close to completion.  I went back to the top painting yesterday and made a few adjustments.  Today I worked on the lower painting and brought in the shadows on the water and near marsh grasses.  The are available on my website: www.kurtjacobson.com

Weekend at Blaine's ( Art Store that is )

I got to demo Graham Oil Paints and Connesiour Brushes Friday through Sunday at Blaine's Art Store in Anchorage Alaska this last weekend.  I had a blast, got to demonstrate painting techniques and talk with customers about paints and painting.  My wife took a bunch of classes they were offering and we fully enjoyed ourselves.
One of the classes was using spray paint...my buddy artist Don Kolstad was willing to let them paint his truck.  We joked about it all night.  But it turned out totally awesome.  See the pictures below.

Valley Farm

Valley Farm 14x11 Oil on RayMar Panel - 

Earlier in the summer fellow artist Don Kolstad and I took a drive from Anchorage out to the Palmer area.  In the Mat-Su valley we have quite a few farms.  Don and I found a spot between two farms and set up our painting gear we both did between 4 to 5 paintings that day.  We brought our lunches and spent the day enjoying the weather and plein air painting.

This painting comes from that adventure.  I had done a smaller plein air piece with out the horses.  I decided to do a larger painting and add the horses to the painting.  Took lots of photos that day so had the plein air piece and reference photos to create this painting.  It is for sale and available on my website: www.kurtjacobson.com