Background
Jacobson was born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, 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.
Jacobson was born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, 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.
He works as an illustrator, painter, and writer 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.
Jacobson was the co-recipient of the Ruth Schwartz Award for "Jeremiah Learns to Read (Scholastic).
He was also the co-recipient of the 2001 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator"s Award for "The Magnificent Piano Recital" (Orca Books). 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, 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" (Tundra) in 2005 and is working on his fourth publication.
Jacobson has contributed illustrations to Smithsonian, Applied Arts, and Artist"s magazines.