Watching and Waiting

Courtney Jacobs
Oils/Charcoal/Colored Pencil

My love affair with art has continuously been a part of my life; the creative process forms a core of who I am and who I want to be. I work both figuratively and abstractly, and I find that alternating between the two styles enhances each. My figurative work involves simplified or abstract backgrounds, in order to create a sense of timelessness — focusing on the emotion and internal space of the subject through pose and color choice. My abstract work is a play of color and textures, finding beauty in the composition that emerges — a more visceral, raw emotional outcome in comparison to my figurative work. Creation of depth and attention to surface texture is important throughout all of my work.

I am currently working towards an MFA degree at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and expect to graduate in the spring of 2008.