"Lantern" is a new wok in the series I started a few months ago after the start of quarantine due to Covid19. It is on high-quality, cream-colored Arches printmaking paper, which I have been using for many years as a printmaker and painter. "Lantern" is mixed-media: ink, acrylic, and collage, in a color palette of oranges, reds, and yellows. I haven't used cadmium reds, yellows and oranges for many years, and this color palette is not one I thought I would return to, yet I am enjoying them immensely. For this series, I started drawing the circle and cell-like shapes I have been drawing and painting for many years in a looser style, allowing forms to move into and meld with others. I am also trying to relinquish control over the imagery - where it goes and what it does. I am working with a new mark-making took, a calligraphy pen, varying the nibs and mixing color on the paper. As always in my work, collaged elements are essential parts of the piece, intensifying and invigorating the space, adding texture and unexpected surprises.

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Hometown: Philadelphia

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Rebecca Jacoby earned a BA in Philosophy and Politics from Mount Holyoke College and an MFA in Printmaking from Pratt Institute. Her work has been shown widely, including at Gallery Siano, Wheaton Arts and Stanek Gallery in Philadelphia; she was represented by LG Tripp Gallery in Philadelphia where she had two solo shows. In 2019 Jacoby was selected as one of four finalists for the 2020 Rowan University Teaching Residency. In 2018 Jacoby created the installation "Flow" at the Philadelphia International Airport and had a solo show at Delaplaine Arts in Maryland. Jacoby's work is the collections of the University City Science Center, Ogletree Deakins, Coventry Group and in private collections in Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and Palm Beach. Jacoby's work has been reviewed in the "Philadelphia Inquirer," "Philadelphia City Paper," and on "ArtBlog." Jacoby has attended residencies at Jentel and the Vermont Studio Center and received awards for her work from Mount Holyoke and Pratt Institute. Jacoby has worked out of her studio at the Crane Arts Building in Philadelphia since 2005.

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