WILDFLOWER CENTER HOSTING SOLO EXHIBIT BY JACOBSON

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 2008

Contacts:
Linda Calvert Jacobson
830-624-5302
linda@casadelinda.com
www.texaswildflowerartist.com

Barbra Rodriguez
Wildflower Center Media Manager
512-232-0105
brodriguez@wildflower.org



WILDFLOWER CENTER EXHIBIT FEATURES PAINTINGS BY LINDA CALVERT JACOBSON

The bold and colorful wildflower art of Linda Calvert Jacobson will be on exhibit at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, Oct. 18-Dec. 14.

More than 20 paintings will be featured in the solo show that will be held in the Wildflower Center’s McDermott Learning Center gallery. Jacobson was invited for the solo exhibit by Joseph P. Hammer, the Wildflower Center’s director of product marketing.

"Linda Jacobson's paintings and her singular style capture the vibrancy and romance of wildflowers as few other artists around," Hammer says.

Jacobson will be present for a “Meet the Artist” reception on Saturday, Oct. 18, from noon to 2 p.m.

A native of Texas, Jacobson has combined a lifelong love of nature, wildflowers and art to create a series of paintings that celebrate Spring year around. From her studio in the Texas Hill Country, Jacobson began her contemporary wildflower series in 2003 and has continued to develop her unique style. Today, she spreads joy around the world through her artwork.

Hundreds of Jacobson’s original wildflower paintings are in private collections in numerous states in the U.S. and around the world. Jacobson is represented in Florida by Léche-Vitrines Art Gallery in Fort Lauderdale. She also exhibits her wildflowers at her own gallery, Casa de Linda Art Studio and Gallery, located in historic downtown New Braunfels, Texas and through her website, www.texaswildflowerartist.com.

Meanwhile, as her interpretive, expressive and colorful wildflowers proved to be popular with a broad range of collectors, Jacobson began to offer images from the series as designs for licensing and quickly found that the wildflowers transcend geographic boundaries, appealing to art and nature lovers on an international level as was evident by the response received at annual International Licensing Expos in New York City where she exhibits her wildflower artwork to potential licensees.

The contemporary wildflowers are currently featured on a line of greeting cards in the UK, New Zealand and Australia and for a series of limited-edition, artists-inspired watches that are exclusively available in the UK. She continues to negotiate and is open to discussing additional licensing opportunities.

Jacobson’s wildflower art has been featured on the NBC affiliate TV program “San Antonio Living,” and in numerous articles in publications ranging from the San Antonio Express-News and The Texas Hill Country Sun to Art Buyer Magazine, Art Business News, The Licensing Book and License!Global magazine.

The solo exhibit of Jacobson’s paintings will be on display in the McDermott Learning Center, an open gallery space housed in 123-year-old carriage house that was once located behind the historic Scarbrough mansion in central Austin. The carriage house was relocated to the Wildflower Center in 2001 and restored onsite to its original appearance.

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin is located at 4801 La Crosse Avenue. For more information, visit www.wildflower.org. To learn more about Jacobson and her contemporary wildflower art, visit www.lindacalvertjacobson.com.

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