Susan Jacoby

Works

Nature provides us with a place to catch our breath. I want my paintings to provide that respite.

The art is inspired by specific sites - be it a large panoramic vista or a closer examination of natural patterns. Rather than a realistic depiction of a place, they are remembrances that combine observation and imagination. So that focus is not diverted and to achieve timelessness, they are void of any human elements.

Working in many translucent layers of muted colors helps me to achieve a quiet quality. The soft-focus quality of the work is used to enhance the delicate haziness and add to the sense of serene, untouched nature. I strive to capture the mood rather than the details by focusing on any atmospheric conditions or elements that deflect or mask the light, blur the details, and leave you wondering what's beyond.

Susan Jacoby

Works

Interview

EDUCATION

/ MFA Northwestern University, 1979

/ Teaching assistant to Ed Paschke, Jack Burnham, and George Cohen

/ BFA Denison University, 1977 cum laude

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

2022

/ Where I Wonder, Vivid Art Gallery Winnetka, IL

2021

/ Along the Water, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI

2020

/ Whispers, Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

2018

/ The Shape of Sky, Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ Synchronicity Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI.

2017

/ Silent Spaces, Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ Synchronicity Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI.

2016

/ Inchworks, North Shore Art League, Winnetka, IL

/ Featured Local Artist, Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ Art in Motion, North Shore Art League Members’ Show, Winnetka, IL

/ Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, juried show

/ Synchronicity Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI

2015

/ Inchworks, North Shore Art League, Winnetka, IL

/ From Nature, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL - juried show
/ Synchronicity Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI.

2014

/ Old School Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI.

/ One person show, Glen Arbor Art Association, Glen Arbor, Mi

/ The Landscape Show, Honorable Mention, www.artisttableonline.com

/ Art of the Sleeping Bear Dunes, juried show, Dennos Museum Traverse City, MI

/ Art and Vision, Spex, Winnetka, IL

/ Raymond James & Assoc. Chicago, IL.

/ Inchworks North Shore Art League, Winnetka, IL - juried show

2011

/ Silent Spaces, North Shore Art League, Winnetka, IL - one-person show

2007

/ Palette and Chisel Academy, Chicago, IL

2007 - 2010

/ Inchworks, North Shore Art League, Winnetka, IL - Juried show

2005 - 2010

/ North Shore Art League, Winnetka, IL, Member's show

1999

Small but Significant, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.

1998

/ Almquist Gallery, Winnetka, IL.

PUBLICATIONS

/ "Old School Art in Glen Arbor". Glen Arbor Sun July 2014

/ “Art of the Sleeping Bear Dunes - Transforming Nature into Art “ Leelanau Press 2013

/ Sheridan Road April 2013 "The Forest for the Trees: Susan Jacoby"

/ "Oil and Water do Mix After All" The Winnetka Current January 2011

/ "North Shore Art League Hosts New Exhibit" TribLocal April 2011