Richard Jacobson

{{Short description|Canadian artist, illustrator, and children's writer}} {{about|the Canadian artist|the American actor born as Richard Jacobson|Rick Jason}} thumb|Richard A Jacobson '''Richard Allen "Rick" Jacobson'''<ref>[http://isni-url.oclc.nl/isni/0000000119332003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126180754/http://isni-url.oclc.nl/isni/0000000119332003 |date=2016-01-26 }}. ISNI data. Retrieved 2015-07-30.</ref> (born January 7, 1959) is a Canadian artist, illustrator, and writer who uses the names '''Richard A. Jacobson''' and '''Rick Jacobson''' professionally.

== Background ==

Jacobson was born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan,<ref name="HackMatack">[http://www.hackmatack.ca/pdfs/2006English/RickJacobsonAndLauraFernandez.pdf 2006 Hack Matack bios for Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez], Rick Jacobson biography at HackMatack awards. {{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art (with Honours), where he met his future wife (now divorced), and co-illustrator Laura Fernandez.<ref name="HackMatack" /> He works as an illustrator, painter, and writer.

== Career ==

Partnered with Laura Fernandez, Jacobson has produced major commercial illustration and design work for Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and Air Canada.<ref name="HackMatack" /> His painting for the cover of Christopher Ondaatje's book "Sindh Revisited" is now in the private collection of the Royal Geographic Society Collection.<ref name="Royal Geographic">[http://images.rgs.org/imageDetails.aspx?barcode=14671 Royal Geographical Society Picture Library online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903180839/http://images.rgs.org/imageDetails.aspx?barcode=14671 |date=2015-09-03 }}, Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez cover of Christopher Ondaatje's book 'Sindh Revisited' donated by C. Ondaatje.</ref> In addition to commercial design work, Jacobson has co-illustrated 19 children's books with Fernandez, and received several awards and nominations.<ref name="HackMatack" />

Jacobson was the co-recipient of the Ruth Schwartz Award for "Jeremiah Learns to Read (Scholastic).<ref name="Ontario Arts Council">[http://www.arts.on.ca/Page502.aspx Ontario Arts Council Winners Announced 1998] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222164919/http://www.arts.on.ca/Page502.aspx |date=2014-02-22 }}, Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez recipients of the Ruth Schwartz Award.</ref><ref name="Canadian Children Book Centre">[http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/ruth_and_sylvia_schwartz_children%E2%80%99s_book_award?sort=asc&order=Detail Canadian Children's Book Centre Award Announcement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222004130/http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/ruth_and_sylvia_schwartz_children%E2%80%99s_book_award?sort=asc&order=Detail |date=2014-02-22 }}, Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez award listing for Jeremiah Learns to Read.</ref> He was also the co-recipient of the 2001 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award for "The Magnificent Piano Recital" (Orca Books).<ref name="Can Lit Awards">[http://www.canlitawards.com/howardgibbonchildren.html Can Lit Award Announcements] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130628204638/http://www.canlitawards.com/howardgibbonchildren.html |date=2013-06-28 }}, Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez recipients of the Amelia Francis Gibbons Award for the Magnificent Piano Recital.</ref>

In 2004, Jacobson authored and co-illustrated his first full publication, "Picasso: Soul on Fire" (Tundra), on the life of the famous painter's life landmarks. The book was shortlisted for the 2005 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award,<ref name="Canadian Library Assoc">[http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Amelia_Frances_Howard_Gibbon_Illustrator_s_Award&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3989 Canadian Library Association Award Listings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922065735/http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Amelia_Frances_Howard_Gibbon_Illustrator_s_Award&Template=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3989 |date=2012-09-22 }}, Picasso: Soul On Fire shortlisted for the Amelia Francis Gibbons Award 2005.</ref> and listed by ''The Globe and Mail'' on the list of "Ten terrific tomes, tots to teens" list.<ref name="Ten Terrific Tomes">[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/ten-terrific-tomes-tots-to-teens/article745635/?page=all Ten terrific tomes, tots to teens], Picasso: Soul On Fire on the Globe and Mail arts list.</ref>

Jacobson followed "Picasso: Soul On Fire" with "The Mona Lisa Caper" (Tundra) in 2005 and is working on his fourth publication.<ref name="HackMatack" />

Jacobson has contributed illustrations to ''Smithsonian'', ''Applied Arts'', and ''Artist's'' magazines.

== Published books ==

'''As writer''' * ''Picasso: Soul on Fire'' (Tundra Books, 2004) * ''The Mona Lisa Caper'' (Tundra, 2005) * ''The Master's Apprentice'' (Tundra, 2008) * ''A Single Round'' (Deadcat Studio, 2020) * ''A Lead Pill'' (Deadcat Studio, 2021) * ''Hard Place'' (Deadcat Studio, 2021) * ''Hard Place: Crossroads edition'' (Deadcat Studio, 2022) * ''A Cold Hand'' (Deadcat Studio, 2022)

===As illustrator only=== '''Jacobson and Laura Fernandez''' *Nancy Hundal, I Heard My Mother Call My Name, Harper Collins (New York, NY), 1994. *Esther Kalman, Tchaikovsky Discovers America, Lester Publishing (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1994, Orchard (New York, NY), 1995. *Jo Ellen Bogart, Jeremiah Learns to Read, Scholastic Canada (Markham, Ontario, Canada), 1997, Orchard (New York, NY), 1999. *Norah McClintock, Sins of the Father, Scholastic Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1997. *Michael Bedard, Glass Town, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1997. *Maxine Trottier, Prairie Willow, Stoddart Kids (New York, NY), 1998. *L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, foreword by Kate Macdonald Butler, Tundra (Plattsburgh, NY), 2000. *Maxine Trottier, Little Dog Moon, Stoddart Kids (New York, NY), 2000. *Marilynn Reynolds, The Magnificent Piano Recital, Stoddart Kids (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2000, Orca (Custer, WA), 2001. *Rukhasana Khan, King of the Skies, North Winds Press (Markham, Ontario, Canada), 2001. *Douglas Cowling, Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, North Winds Press (Markham, Ontario, Canada), 2004.

'''Jacobson alone''' * ''Original Thoughts from the Enterprising Mind of Cheryl Lousley'', Gordon Suavé, Cheryl Lousley, Reigad Wai (Toronto: Storybook, 1989) * ''Crime in 2001: Original Thoughts from the Enterprising Mind of David Strobel'', David Strobel (Storybook, 1989) * ''Diary of an Alien: Original Thoughts from the Enterprising Mind of Benjamin Evans'', Gordon Suavé, Benjamin Evans (Storybook, 1989)

== References ==

== External links == * {{official |richardajacobson.com}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141220141949/http://www.jacobsonfernandez.com/ Jacobson Fernandez Illustration and Design] (archived 2014-12-20) *[http://umanitoba.ca/cm/vol11/no5/picasso.html Picasso: Soul On Fire review by Ann Stinner for CM Volume XI Number 5 October 29, 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050305/http://umanitoba.ca/cm/vol11/no5/picasso.html |date=March 4, 2016 }} *[http://umanitoba.ca/cm/vol11/no18/themonalisacaper.html The Mona Lisa Caper review by Ann Stinner for CM Volume XI Number 18 May 13, 2005] * [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AJacobson%2C+Rick%3B+Fernandez%2C+Laura&qt=results_page Works by Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson] in WorldCat library records * https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/171003.Rick_Jacobson * https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001KJ0GUE

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