http://www.karenjacobsenfineart.com/
Artist Bio
Karen Jacobsen lives and works in the world famous ski resort community of Sun Valley, Idaho. Her work concentrates on the landscape- one without people or structures for the most part. As human beings are the biggest mechanisms of change to our world, she prefers to leave them out.
She is known as a plein air painter, an occasional muralist, and a natural science illustrator. Karen now works primarily in oils, occasionally in watercolor and, more recently in mixed media.
Jacobsen earned her degrees at University of California Santa Cruz, a BFA in painting and printmaking, and a Masters Certificate in Science Communications; with an emphasis in illustration. She has been an active member of the Plein Air painters of Idaho since 2007.
Artist Statement
When spending time in nature observing and making images, I express my love for the outdoors and the environment through painting. The immediacy of plein-air painting gives me a means to share the “spirit of nature” that I strive to capture, bringing the image beyond myself into expression. The challenge is to discover the essence of what speaks to me, honoring the process over the product, observing and seeing over imagination. Painting is showing how I see what I see- and communicating this inspirational combination of qualities to others. I do not try to replicate the scene photographically, but instead attempt to capture an experience of a moment.