Rob Jacobs
Rob
Jacobs was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Los Angeles,
with his father, mother, and his brother, from the age of five.
Much of his life has been centered in the areas of music, art,
health, meditation, his family and friends, and the study of Eastern
thought and philosophy.
His work, in the field of commercial art, was,
in his own commercial art business, as a photo retoucher to the
advertising and entertainment industries.
Rob’s dream, however, was to produce his own images, and this
was implemented in 1990.
Since then he has produced six series of art, including: The Warriors, The West, The Western Haiku, The Starbucks Haikus and Angels of Protection (http://www.angelsofprotection.com). This series exists as enhanced archival printing on canvas, framed enhanced art, prints and cards. His latest series, The Lakota Spirits, are his graphic representations, of these spirits, inspired from the book, Meditations With Native Americans – Lakota Spirituality by Paul Steinmetz, and the mountain carving of Crazy Horse in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The Lakota Spirits has had two museum shows.
Rob has participated in many shows in the
Southern California area, including, the LA County Museum of Art
(Rental Gallery). In
2005 he was the featured artist during the Angel Fest, held
at the Learning Light Foundation in Anaheim, California.
His work has been utilized in television including the shows
“Boston Public,” “Family Law,” “Arrested Development, ”Huff,” and
others. His art was the
work of the character played by Toni Colette in the HBO movie,
“Dinner with Friends.”
As a former music major, Rob is also working on a music project. Those working on the project are very enthusiastic about it. Much of it sounds very tribal.
Samples of Rob's Work
Rob's work will be seen in his new book Angels of Protection: True Angel Stories in the Modern Age by Angela Taylor & Rob Jacobs
BOOK –
Dialogues on Reality
This cover
painting, for the book
Dialogues on Reality by Robert Powell, utilized my
pre-created palettes, as does all my art in one way or another.
The palettes became the background, so the next issue I had
to resolve was how was I going to show dialogue in a kind of
metaphysical way. What
I did was to find images of two people talking, keep the texture of
the universe, and render them in cool colors of stone.
Cetan,
The Spirit of the Hawk
(from
my Lakota Spirits Series)
My Lakota
Spirits Series was inspired by the book,
Meditations with
Native Americans / Lakota
Spirituality by Paul Steinmetz and the Crazy Horse Mountain
Carving in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
I made this
piece in a small size collaged from my palettes.
I then transferred it to canvas utilizing the same technique
as the Renaissance masters, and painted the piece in acrylic paints
and gels.
Quote from
book: Cetan,
the hawk “presided over swiftness and endurance.”
The Lakota
Spirits Series can be viewed on Rob’s website:
http://www.robjacobsart.com
Unktomni,
the Spider
(from
my Lakota Spirits Series)
I made a small
image of this piece, and used it mostly for inspiration for the
final art. As I began
working on the larger finished piece on wood, I retained much of the
feeling of the “original sketch,” but altered and changed the image
as I went along, adding the three dimensional totem pole, feather
and the spiders.
Quote
from the book: Unktomni, the Spider, was the “presiding genius of
pranks and practical jokes with powers to work magic over persons
and things.”
The Lakota
Spirits Series can be viewed on Rob’s website:
http://www.robjacobsart.com
Taps
is Played for the World
As of 2010 it
has been reported that there over one hundred wars going on in our
world. And let us remember this truth: religions do not start wars
– people do. Taps is Played for the World is my statement
against all wars everywhere.
More importantly, it is my statement for peace in the
universe.
The original mixed media piece consists of collage, acrylic paint
brushed and airbrushed, pencils and photographic dyes on mounted
photographic paper. It
is 48 inches square.
This piece, finished in 2010 has not, as yet, been uploaded to Rob’s
website. However, it is
available in Iris archival prints of almost any square size format.
For information, please contact Rob at:
robajacobs@earthlink.net
Angel
5/For my Father
Original titled Angel 5, it was after the extraordinary event
with my father that the title was extended.
The full story is told in the book, being published by
Creative House Press, and on my art website:
http://www.angelsofprotection.com
As a finished piece of art, it presently exists in a 23” x 23” wood
frame – acrylic paint and photographic dyes on print with gels.
The above picture is one of many that Rob has done for the new book Angels of Protection: True Angel Stories in the Modern Age by Angela Taylor & Rob Jacobs