Richard Jacobson
Richard Allen "Rick" Jacobson 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, and is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art, where he met his future wife, and co-illustrator Laura Fernandez. 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. His painting for the cover of Christopher Ondaatje's book "Sindh Revisited" is now in the private collection of the Royal Geographic Society Collection. In addition to commercial design work, Jacobson has co-illustrated 19 children's books with Fernandez, and received several awards and nominations.Jacobson was the co-recipient of the Ruth Schwartz Award for "Jeremiah Learns to Read. He was also the co-recipient of the 2001 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award for "The Magnificent Piano Recital".
In 2004, Jacobson authored and co-illustrated his first full publication, "Picasso: Soul on Fire", on the life of the famous painter's life landmarks. The book was shortlisted for the 2005 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, and listed by The Globe and Mail on the list of "Ten terrific tomes, tots to teens" list.
Jacobson followed "Picasso: Soul On Fire" with "The Mona Lisa Caper" in 2005 and is working on his fourth publication.
Jacobson has contributed illustrations to Smithsonian, Applied Arts, and Artist's magazines.
Published books
As writerPicasso: Soul on Fire The Mona Lisa Caper The Master's Apprentice A Single Round A Lead Pill Hard Place Hard Place: Crossroads edition- ''A Cold Hand''
As illustrator only
Jacobson and Laura Fernandez- Nancy Hundal, I Heard My Mother Call My Name, Harper Collins, 1994.
- Esther Kalman, Tchaikovsky Discovers America, Lester Publishing, 1994, Orchard, 1995.
- Jo Ellen Bogart, Jeremiah Learns to Read, Scholastic Canada, 1997, Orchard, 1999.
- Norah McClintock, Sins of the Father, Scholastic Canada, 1997.
- Michael Bedard, Glass Town, Atheneum, 1997.
- Maxine Trottier, Prairie Willow, Stoddart Kids, 1998.
- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, foreword by Kate Macdonald Butler, Tundra, 2000.
- Maxine Trottier, Little Dog Moon, Stoddart Kids, 2000.
- Marilynn Reynolds, The Magnificent Piano Recital, Stoddart Kids, 2000, Orca, 2001.
- Rukhasana Khan, King of the Skies, North Winds Press, 2001.
- Douglas Cowling, Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, North Winds Press, 2004.