Featured Artist: Eric Jacobsen!

acrylic painting, plein air, artist, eric jacobsen, chicken coop, trees, sky, building — *Chicken Coop* by Eric Jacobsen 8×10″ Acrylic on Paper

Eric Jacobsen. Master of simplifying a busy scene and making it WOW. Bold and loose is what he teaches and bold and loose is how he paints. It’s impressive and makes such a statement. It’s been ten years since I last featured Eric, whew, time flies!

Chicken Coop has a get-outta-here palette with a clear crispness that is stunning. I love this painting. If you’ve never painted before, I think it’s more difficult to be loose, yet capture a scene so well vs. being “tight” and capturing every single detail. The sky color sings and compliments everything around it perfectly. Do you want to learn how to paint bold and loose? Eric has some workshops coming up soon (Hint, hint: Eric also mentors artists). Check out the links below for more information! What an opportunity!

Read a bit about Eric below and check out his website for more paintings as well as his social media!

Eric Jacobsen Info

WEBSITE | Instagram | Workshops

About the Artist (via Eric’s website):

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.

Eric’s 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.

“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.”

I know! Fabulous painting, right? The artist is pretty cool too, do check out the workshop links if you’re even remotely interested. I think these workshops could be amazing opportunities!