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BOB JACOB
Cody, Wyoming
Writer, Artist, Photographer & Fly-fisherman,
(not necessarily in that order)
Bob Jacob was born and raised in northeastern Oklahoma. His mother, a vocalist, pianist and china painter, provided the creative yin; his father, an accountant and fun-loving sportsman, the yang. In the early years, Bob tempted bass with a top-water plug, plunked away on the piano and learned the finer points of finessing wild ducks to a decoy spread.

He turned more of his attention to oil painting as his writing and photojournalism career began to wind down in the late ‘90s. Classes at the Art Students League of Denver were followed by regular group painting sessions at Cody Country Art League. One of the greatest influences in moving him toward spreading pigment was attending the 1997 Quick Draw at the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, where he observed the late Dean St. Clair complete a one-hour gem. That piece now hangs in Bob’s historic Cody home.
Living in the long and impressive shadow of Yellowstone since 2003, Bob now has an unending supply of wildlife and landscape reference material. He also enjoys painting the occasional still life. But he is perhaps best known for his richly colored, expressively brushed, heavily textured trout paintings, which vary in style from impressionistic to abstract.

When he’s not painting in his home studio, you can find him exercising trout in a stream nearby, traveling, remodeling the basement, landscaping to eliminate more lawn, or visiting his two grown children and one-year-old grandson in Colorado.
Bob Jacob's Contact Information:

PO BOX 1505
Cody, Wyoming 82414
307/587-0044
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