karl Jacobson

folk art revivalist

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Just a guy trying to make sense of the world around him one brush stroke at a time.

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Got a little birthday painting in today! Spent the morning reliving my excitement to drive past the buffalo farm. It was one of my favorite sites as a kid. Who knows if it was beacuse of the awesome strength and beauty of those majestic animals. My l
Studio is starting to get full of art. It might be time to let them see the light of day.
On these hot humid days I long for the sweet breeze rolling across the river. The dew hanging on the tall grass. The explosions of color that fill the western PA landscape as we prepare for what is to come. How glorious it is to dance with child like
Sometimes you got to shake up the subject matter to unlock something new been working on some new style elements and some new color palettes to bring back to my landscape work. #deerart #natureart #cabinstyle #cabinart #cookforest
Bear sighting in the studio this week! #bearart #bearpainting #wildlifepainting
Hazy view from the trestles. #clariontrestle #fogpainting #landscapepainter
It never failed that on my car rides too and from State College that it would rain. Not just rain but torrential downpour. Just as predictable was the clouds parting and the sun blasting through the clouds and fog as I hit the epic stretch of 322 tha
This has been sitting on my easel for the past month. It has been haunting me as commissions,framing, consulting and graphic design work took priority. Yesterday as my head was spinning from trying to balance my new identity’s a full time creat

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