My Story
I began drawing and painting in college and later worked at the National Gallery of Art where the collection and exhibitions shaped how I learned to see painting as both image and object.
After a long period away from the studio, I returned to painting with renewed focus and now continue this work through sustained figurative practice.
I am
Robert Jacobs
I work with the human figure, constructing images through tonal modeling, controlled light, and atmospheric restraint, emphasizing physicality, surface, and the tension between presence and idealization.
