Last Updated: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 10:52 AM CDT
From Brown Street to State Street
Local artist to have work featured in Madison
by Michael Skubal - Daily News Staff
Local artist Matthew Jacobson, owner of Matt’s Framing in Rhinelander, is making the jump from Brown Street to State Street in Madison, and he’s taking 20 of his paintings with him. Jacobson will be one of two artists featured at the Fanny Garver Gallery at 230 State Street from May 2-28.
“I started looking for a gallery after the show Tim Klunder and I had at Nicolet last November,” said Jacobson. “I sort of stumbled over the same gallery Tim did. He said he had work at the gallery and took three of my pictures down there when he went last year. They liked all three and asked for more.
“They’ve sold four of my pictures in the last year, the last one this past January, and called and asked if I’d like to do a show. I said ‘certainly.’”
Fanny Garver Gallery carries works from many artists working in a variety of mediums.
“I’m going to take 20 pieces down there,” said Jacobson. “They range from 53 x 98 inches to 10 x 24 inches. Normally, I paint big. I don’t like to paint small draft horses. You don’t get the size of the horses in a small painting.”
Jacobson’s subject matter ranges from draft horses to Amish themes. Two boys driving a team of Belgians and a little Amish girl pulling a wagon are two of the paintings he will be showing in Madison.
“This should be a good show,” he said. “I’m painting what I want. I paint from the heart and it seems to sell. I worked with hockey themes for a while, large paintings in bright colors, but they didn’t sell like I wanted them to.”
Jacobson credits Bob Kanyusik at Nicolet College for being his best instructor.
“I went to Eau Claire for my freshman year,” Jacobson related. “I couldn’t afford to go on so I came back to Rhinelander and worked at Twist Drill nights and attended Nicolet during the day. Then I took all my Twist Drill money and went to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Art Education.”
After working at Ben Franklin framing pictures and doing some substitute teaching, Jacobson opened Matt’s Framing in 2000. He paid the building off in August of 2007. Jacobson lives on his farm with his wife, Shannon.
“I have a horse-powered farm with four Belgian draft horses. Three of them were born on the farm, I raised them myself, and the fourth I bought as a stud colt years ago.
“I do all my painting at the shop. If I don’t have a picture to frame, I better have a picture to paint.”
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Michael Skubal/Daily News
This painting of Belgian draft horses is one of his largest at 53 x 98 inches. Matthew Jacobson likes to paint big, saying, “You don’t get the size of the horses in a small painting.” He has an upcoming show at the Fanny Garver Gallery in Madison May 2-28.
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