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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.
Current Exhibits and Galleries where one
can view the artist's works:
Gallery Representation
Collectors Gallery and Framery-114-118 S. Nokomis Ave.,Venice, FL 34285
Phone-(941)488-3029
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April-May 2008-The 145th annual exhibition of small oil paintings"- juried, "Philadelphia Sketch Club
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April 2008- "Member's Spring exhibit"- juried, Venice Art Center
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March-April 2008- "All that Jazz"-juried, Englewood Art Center- HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
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February 25th-March 8th-"Paint-Out in Paradise" 3rd Invitational 2008- Venice Art Center, Venice Florida
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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
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Plein Air Florida
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The American Impressionist Society
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The Venice Art Center
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Art Center Sarasota
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Englewood Art Center
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The North Port Area Art Guild
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Art Center Manatee
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Daily Painters Gallery
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Longboat Key Center for the Arts
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