Maryanne Jacobsen's Biography and exhibit information

Although Maryanne Jacobsen has described her work as “a gallery of forgotten dreams”, her body of original paintings is hardly forgettable. Indeed, her vibrantly-colored oils have been described by collectors and fellow artists as lyrical, inspired and ‘dramatic art for passionate people’, since color is the motivating theme behind each piece of art she creates. Although Maryanne took a circuitous route to achieve a lifelong dream of becoming a visual artist, she is a late bloomer that seldom disappoints. Repeat collectors are always enchanted with her deliberate impasto and unabashed use of pure color, and it’s rare to find a new painting that is not quickly acquired. Although she only began painting in 2005, since discovering oils in 2006, there has hardly been a day since that has found her without a palette knife in hand, face streaked with cadmium colors. Ironically, this new form of grease paint replaces a long successful career in the performing arts, which Jacobsen also achieved through a road less traveled. Not long ago, Ms. Jacobsen was the former regional director of The Rock School West, official school of The Pennsylvania Ballet, as well as the founding director of West Chester Ballet Theatre. Her work is being enthusiastically collected throughout the United States and internationally, and in the short amount of time that she has been exhibiting her works, she has been accepted into dozens of juried shows, and has shown her work in government buildings and commercial establishments throughout the Southwest Florida area, where she now resides with her husband, Ken.

April-May 2008-The 145th annual exhibition of small oil paintings"- juried, "Philadelphia Sketch Club

April 2008- "Member's Spring exhibit"- juried, Venice Art Center

March-April 2008- "All that Jazz"-juried, Englewood Art Center- HONORABLE MENTION AWARD

February 25th-March 8th-"Paint-Out in Paradise" 3rd Invitational 2008- Venice Art Center, Venice Florida

Long Boat Key Center for the Arts- "Northern Trust Exhibit"- February- March 2008

January- February 2008- “In the Spotlight”, juried, Art Center Manatee
January- February 2008- “Objects of Touch”, juried, Art Center Sarasota
January11, 2008- “Portraits and Figurative Exhibit” , juried, Venice Art Center
November 28, 2007-"A Courting Affair"- Plein Air Paint-out to benefit the Alzheimer Foundation
November 30- December, "Abstract Exhibit", juried, Venice Art Center
November thru December2007, "Celebration of Art", North Port Art Center
November thru December2007, "12by12”, juried, Art Center Sarasota
September thru October 2007, "Seeing god", juried, Art Center Sarasota
September 2007, Landscapes and Seascapes, Juried, Venice Art Center
August 2007, "Arts Alive!", Juried, North Port Art Center
June 2007, "Show us What you've got!", Juried, Art Center Sarasota,
May thru December 2007, Sarasota, FL., City Hall exhibit-Juried.
April 2007, North Port Area Performing Arts Center
March 2007, "The Colors of Life"- Juried, Art Center Manatee
SOLO EXHIBIT: January 2007, "Save our Sarasota"- Juried, Art Center Sarasota November 2006, "The Colors of Florida”,, The Frances Bourne Jacaranda Public Library, Venice , Florida
October 2006, "Members Fall Exhibit", Juried, Venice Art Center
October 2006, "Anything Goes", Englewood Art Center
September 2006, "New Beginnings", Juried, Venice Art Center
Summer 2006, "Hot and Humid", Englewood Art Center
Summer 2006, "Dreams", Juried, Art Center Sarasota
May 2006, The Art of Words, Juried, Venice Art Center
May 2006, "Best Friends 4", private invitational exhibit of 4 local artists, Jacaranda Public Library
April 2006, Member's Spring Exhibition, Juried, Venice Art Center
April 2006, Fine Art Show, Juried, North Port Area Art Guild exhibit at North Port’s City Hall
November 2005, Member's Fall Exhibition, Juried, Venice Art Center
October 2005, Landscape Exhibition, Juried, Venice Art Center
September 2005- Season Opener, Juried, Venice Art Center
Summer 2005- Summer Sizzler, Juried, Art Center Sarasota

Current exhibits:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 145th Annual Exhibition of Small oil paintings- Philadelphia Sketch Club
Venice, Florida: Member's Spring Exhibit-Venice Art Center