Jacobi's imaginary circus images in The Minor Pantheon can be read as metaphors for taking chances and suspended expectations. They were inspired by the surrealist images of artists like Max Ernst and Paul Klee. Her still life compositions are strongly influenced by the Old Masters, particularly those of the Northern Renaissance. Her portraiture is reminiscent of the Spanish and Dutch masters. She is a strong humanist who constantly seeks understanding of the world around us. Her most recent work, a series of DreamDances, showcases her new talents with digital photography.
Kathryn Jacobi divides her time between Santa Monica, California and Sechelt, BC. Her paintings and drawings have been exhibited in museums, universities, and galleries in Berlin, Denmark, Madrid, Toronto, and Vancouver as well as throughout the United States. Solo exhibitions include such prestigious galleries as the Kunst pa Kalvo in Jutland Denmark; the Fresno Art Museum in California; Judische Gallery, Berlin; the Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles; and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Jacobi has exhibited with the Diane Farris Gallery in Vancouver since 1993.
Her impressive resume of illustrative work for books and journals includes four books published by Harper and Row (Collins), including Who Is Ben? by Charlotte Zolotow), as well as publications by New Directions; the University of Chicago Press; the University of New Mexico Press; Duttons; The Sciences Magazine (American Academy of Sciences); Simon and Schuster; the London Times Literary Supplement; Price Stern Sloane; Dreamworks (Human Sciences Press); Westways Magazine; Waxwing Editions; and scores of small press and academic journal covers and internal illustrations. Jacobi has served as Art Director of the Wallace Stevens Journal since 1976.
