![Painting, Soaring over the Sea, Mike Jacobs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203072_1_grid.jpg)
Presentation
Mike JACOBS was born on August 2, 1950 in New York City (USA), where he grew up and currently resides.
Born and raised in an urban environment, he started drawing in his early twentieth year after a friend gave him a Rapidograph pen.
“When I was studying art in high school, it didn't really speak to me, but this Rapidograph opened a door. It felt like an extension of my hand,… and I started to draw, letting the pen guide me. "
Self-taught artist, he then builds his style through his trial and error, drawing inspiration from the artists he appreciates the most: Picasso, Miro, Leger, Stuart Davis, Chagall, Richard Lindner, Kandinsky ;
“I think that I share with these artists a primitive bond, made of enthusiasm, spontaneity, and desire for colors, with, above all, the pleasure of creating; because luckily for me, I have been able to draw like a child since I was 20 years old. "
His style flourishes and asserts itself as his experiments with colors, shapes and composition evolve.
His creative imagination is inspired by current events (scenes from the world of music, sport, nature, personal concerns, international events ...), which his style frees from all academic constraints, first resurfacing a liberated expression. born from his subconscious, before his work was restructured in a perfect balance of chromatic and graphic composition.
His current materials incorporate colored pencils, gel pens and acrylic paint markers on a black cotton board, which brings out the bright contrasts and graphics of the composition.
Perfectly in line with the Free Figuration movement, Mike JACOBS is now represented permanently and exclusively in Europe by the Galerie Plurielle in Sète.
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Three masted ship in Sète Harbor
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 51 x 82 x 0.4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 32.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,794
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Fancy Bait for Fancy Fish
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 41 x 51 x 1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$897
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Klimt Interprétation #3
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1 inch
$1,099
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On the beach (diptych)
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 82 x 102 x 0.4 cm Painting - 32.3 x 40.2 x 0.2 inch
$3,588
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Fish concert at theater of the sea
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1 inch
$1,099
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Violonist and Bassplayer
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 51 x 82 x 0.4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 32.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,794
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Musicians in living color
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1 inch
$1,099
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Jousting Mayhem
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 50.5 x 81.5 x 0.4 cm Painting - 19.9 x 32.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,018
![Painting, Water Jousters in action, Mike Jacobs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580028_1_grid.jpg)
Water Jousters in action
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,099
![Painting, Blues Band triptyque, Mike Jacobs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1450947_1_grid.jpg)
Blues Band triptyque
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 81.5 x 150 x 0.5 cm Painting - 32.1 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch
$5,157
![Painting, Inspiré par Candice Renoir, Mike Jacobs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174683_1_grid.jpg)
Inspiré par Candice Renoir
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 122 x 92 x 2.4 cm Painting - 48 x 36.2 x 0.9 inch
$4,709
![Painting, Vertical Sète (triptyque), Mike Jacobs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144852_1_grid.jpg)
Vertical Sète (triptyque)
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 138 x 61 x 2.4 cm Painting - 54.3 x 24 x 0.9 inch
$3,363
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Mount St Clair comes alives
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 0.8 inch
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Klimt Interprétation #6 : the kiss
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1 inch
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Fishing with Boat traffic
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 1 inch
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Sète in action (quadriptyque)
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 61 x 184 x 2.4 cm Painting - 24 x 72.4 x 0.9 inch
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Octopus Transformation
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 51 x 124 x 1.5 cm Painting - 20.1 x 48.8 x 0.6 inch
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