About the work....
Portraiture has always been mesmerizing to me.
The expression a face communicates is defined by the tiniest details: the curve of a lip, an upturned brow, the blush of a cheek. During an interaction with another person, these small details can alter how you interpret the feelings you get from the other person. Yet, these are almost imperceptible in the moment.
I am obsessed with getting these tiny details to fit perfectly together to depict an individual person, not just trying to depict two eyes, a nose and a mouth, but a specific individual expressing a very subtle, very faint set of emotions and expressions.
I am also interested in how the medium of oil paint can achieve the likeness of the individual I’m trying to represent, without trying to replicate or replace what could just be depicted in a photograph. I want the viewer to recognize that my work is made of paint: an elaborate and delicate dance of brush strokes, vibrant colors, and textural marks. The viewer can simultaneously see these painterly strokes while also vividly seeing a person that feels real and alive.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
People In Paint; Main Street Gallery; Nashville, TN; 2019
Andrea Jacobson Paintings; 40AU; Nashville, TN; 2012
Portraits; threesquared gallery; Nashville, TN; 2008
Summer Paintings; Slocomb Gallery ETSU; Johnson City, TN; 2005
This Year’s Still Life; AR Gallery; Johnson City, TN; 2005
Selected Group Exhibitions
Women's Works; Old Court House Arts Center; Woodstock, IL; 2019
MBA Show; Montgomery Bell Academy; Nashville, TN; 2018
40 Under 40; Fort Works Art; Fort Worth, TX; 2017
Real People; Old Court House Arts Center; Woodstock, IL; 2017
2nd Annual Living Mark; Verum Ultimum; Portland, OR; 2015
Real People; Old Court House Arts Center; Woodstock, IL; 2015
I Am Art Nashville; W.O Smith Music School; Nashville, TN 2013
Untitled; Myridia; Nashville, TN; 2012
ReView: Recent Work By UHN Alumni; UNH Museum of Art; Durham, NH; 2011
Arts Immersion; ICON; Nashville, TN; 2009
MOANO; Rivoli Art Mill; Chattanooga, TN; 2007
Women’s Things: Reassessing Everyday Objects; Rogue College; Grants Pass, OR; 2006
Diminutive Works with Strong Presence; Artist in Residence; LaGrange, GA; 2006
SEED; Rivoli Art Mill; Chattanooga, TN; 2006
Faculty Exhibition; Slocumb Gallery ETSU; Johnson City, TN; 2005
Fresh! Emerging Artist Exhibition; AVA Gallery; Chattanooga, TN; 2005
Italian Landscapes; UNH Gallery; Durham, NH; 2004
EOS Concert Series; Morse Atrium; Durham, NH; 2004
1st Tennessee Bank Show; Reese Museum; Johnson City, TN; 2004
Best of Ringling; Selby Gallery; Sarasota, FL; 2002
Awards | Grants | Residencies
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Full Grant; Montreal, Canada; 2010
Residency at Fundación Valparaíso; Mojacar, Spain; 2010
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Full Grant; Montreal, Canada; 2006
AVA 4 Bridges Festival Emerging Artist Scholarship; Chattanooga, TN; 2005
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Full Grant; Montreal, Canada; 2004
Bernice Grey Hanhisalo Grant; University of New Hampshire; 2003
Collections
University of Florida Medical Center; Tampa, FL
University of New Hampshire; Morse Hall; Durham, NH
Former US Senator Bob Corker
Former Tennessee Titans Michael Roos