Judith Jacobson
Emergence.
Encaustic on cradled masonite panel
15.5" x 12.75"

Artist Statement

Outward trails of inward travels Journeys marked with blemishes and scars of where we've been and how long we've tarried. I stare and glare and dissect. I layer: on off on paint wipe add Darkened surfaces with transparent echoes of time and space. Memories linger vivid! then fade and return with altered sounds and visions. I layer- and feel the ghosts

of translucent darkness emerge, dissolve in and out out and in back and forth. Remembered flesh, supple and toned Youthful belief in forever

Mortality looms invisible, stealthy the flesh it consumes and… Where is Forever? Fragments of beings implode, explode!

Parts become wholes. Fragments become lifetimes that wither and wrinkle and crease and crack like too many layers of paint. And when did I become like too many layers of paint? and… What is Forever?

Artist Bio

Judith Jacobson received her BFA in Painting, with a minor in Philosophy and a Provisional Teaching Degree, from The Tyler School of Art in 1969. She received her MFA in Painting from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1997. She is the recipient of The Leeway Foundation Edna Andrade Grant in Painting, "awarded for work that exhibits exceptional promise and talent." Judith's work was purchased by the founder of The Leeway Foundation and is part of the permanent and prominent collection. Judith was invited to participate in panel discussions with other Leeway grant recipients at the Philadelphia Art Alliance.

She has received numerous awards in Painting and Drawing. Her achievements have been extensive and positively reviewed by the media. Judith has been a Visiting Artist at local colleges, giving presentations of her art and process, and then making studio visits to critique the work of the students. She has also shared her ideas and work in many "Meet the Artist" discussions. Judith continuously donates her art to charitable organizations, to include, but not limited to yearly MANNA live auctions at The Moore College of Art and Design.

Judith has exhibited substantially. Her work is included in collections in the United States, Canada and Europe.

www.judith-jacobson.com

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