JACOB KOHN - painter


Painter Jacob Kohn is continually drawn back to the watery places of the natural world.

“I have returned time and again to the realism of nature as a subject because it provides me with a visual language that best expresses the abstract energy and emotional color that I find essential in my art,” Kohn said.

The shifting forms created by moving water, the vibrant plant-life colors, the rich contrasts of pattern and hue in nature and the effects of light on water, give this artist plenty of elements for inspiration.

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Kohn has distinguished himself as one of the Northwest most celebrated realist painters, as well as having had a distinguished career in academia as professor in the Design Department at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.


Skies and Landscapes

In recent years Jacob has extended his usual subject of water surfaces to bring the same soft focus quality and smooth brush work to new landscape paintings. Kohn explores the light and movement in the complicated levels of space created by trees and plants, hills and skies.


Other Recent Paintings

Jacob's work hangs in the permanent collections of Bill and Melinda Gates, the Alaska State Art Commission, Salish Lodge, Microsoft Inc., United Bank of Houston, Jet West of Los Angeles, the Fairchild Corporation, University of Washington and the King County Art Commission, among many others.

His work has been commissioned by Boeing Corp.; Children's, Overlake, and Harborview Hospitals in Seattle; Hughes Aircraft, L.A. and Barney's New York.

If you have any questions regarding Jacob Kohn’s paintings or prints, please call the gallery at 360-222-3070 or 800-858-5063.