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STEPHEN JACOBSON RWA | PAINTERStephen Jacobson has lived with applied artist Janet Haigh for more than 30 years in a house overlooking the Bristol Channel, situated where the Severn Estuary flows into a stretch of water referred to, on the old sea charts. as the Severn Sea. Their garden wall and the sea wall are one and the same.
Stephen continues to find inspiration in this home environment, describes the experience of moving here as: "this semi rural coast has been a revelation, most notably the vastness of the skies. These have become a feature of my work and I have been incorporating them into my view of the world I am trying to represent." Stephen Jacobson has exhibited widely in galleries, exhibitions and museums world-wide, and his work features in many collections. He is an elected Academician of the Royal West of England Academy and was Vice President from 2013-2019; . |
“Simple images capture my imagination, I paint the everyday scenes and objects that surround us but which we overlook or take for granted. Someone once said of my work that I “was looking for heaven on earth” and I suppose to a large extent they were right; you will see no decay or signs of ageing in my paintings, I am seeking a sense of order and an underlying essence of things. I believe there is a joy to be found in the simplest juxtaposition of the elements that we find in the world. I am disinterested in the use of paint as a personal expression;I try to retain a sense of anonymity and remove any obstruction that may cloud the vision of the viewer.”
