Sharing the wisdom of the spirit - Jacobson native art

Good evening everyone. At my new outdoor art studio will be this medicine table. A place where the public can smudge with me and the power of my ancestors. To have dialogue with our Creator. With each other...

          Looking forward to sharing beauty and kindness. Deep in the Kootenay mountains. 

         All my relations...MAJ

Found myself chasing rainbows in the sun!

A beautiful ride today in these spectacular mountains. I am feeling blessed and happy about life these days. I’m so grateful for my lifestyle and the connection I have to the spirit of our Mother Earth. I love exploring the majesty of nature spirit and the animal life upon her. I come across grizzlies, brown bears, black bears, a couple cougars now, eagles, hawks, deer, elk and all sorts of bird species throughout here. 

I recently put out another “spirit feast” for this next yearly cycle of life existence. I go out to these mountains and bring medicines, tobacco offerings, spirit food and I sing to the spirit of Mother Earth. I offer these blessings to the ancestors and give thanks to the Creator. I think of those in our world that are struggling and that are suffering and I think and pray for them and their loved ones. It is good medicine to do so. 

Others have done this for me and it is a responsibility to carry on these teachings. My family is strong with regard to our cultural ways. I am blessed in this manner and feel honoured with such good teachers in my family bloodline. Being Anishanabe is so beautiful. I am proud of who I am and proud of my heritage. It is a profound experience to be so connected to who I am. Decolonization is a reality that seemed so far out of reach until I took action to change the path. I am a sovereign. My sovereignty as Anishanabe is perhaps the greatest truth I’ve ever known...it’s like finding your wings. 

All my relations...MAJ 

Jacobson art studio open to the public

 I have been busy during this covid-19 thinking on how to offer my knowledge and experience of the art world to the public. I believe I’ve come up with a fantastic solution. I’ll be opening up my art studio and practice as an artist to the public to share in the teachings of my culture and this art form. I’m excited to finally be in a place where I feel I’m ready and in a good place to do so. 

After the Norval Morrisseau art fraud fiasco and unravelling a ton of sickness and garbage from both sides of the coin, meaning the good guys and the bad guys involved, it got to be too heartbreaking. I focused on our son and on living a new life out here in the Kootenay’s. The change has been divine to say the least. 

I also learned a valuable lesson in the Canadian art scene. During this entire covid-19 experience, not one of these Canadian art galleries even called or asked how I was doing, on how my son is and such. Absolutely nothing. It’s really empty and cold in my view now. I made many of these galleries and dealers  10’s of thousands of dollars and not a peep. I came to conclude that in the era of truth and reconciliation, in a time where decolonization is the new light for us and my people the great Anishanabe, there was zero efforts by any of these so-called art dealers. 

It’s quite embarrassing and disappointing if you ask me. Not for me, but for them. That their hearts are that way. It was just pathetic and thus I came to a place where I’ve decided to move on. This has now empowered me and my brand to what is the next level for me. Ive also got some exciting new activity shaping up in Europe so, the time for international connections and such is most definitely upon me. 

Who needs the heartache and constant let down from such dubious characters anyhow. With me at the helm, being fully responsible for everything I’m doing, it feels way more exciting. No reliance on outside sources trying to make a quick buck on my back. I make the decisions and shall reap the benefits of my success and hard work. Especially for my son, Sagein. My real boss and the one I work For now...

Also, this studio doesn’t need to be advertised. You have to find me out here. Customers and collectors will have to make the efforts to reach out and find out where I’m at and how to view and purchase the new art. With my new energy manifesting in Europe, the new open studio being available to the world public out here, I feel that I’m unstoppable. I am...

All my relations....MAJ

Jacobson art deep in the mountains

 

I absolutely love riding my quad in these spectacular mountain ranges called the Kootenay’s. I left Vancouver in 2017 because of the birth of my son, Sagein Wisdom. I spent 17 years living in Vancouver. Before that I also cut my teeth as an artist in Toronto Ontario for about 8 years. I left there in 2003 and have never looked back. 

Obviously it was necessary to leave the big cities because I felt that my boy would flourish well living so close to nature spirit and indeed this has proven to be the case. I too have felt the immense changes and power of this move. My work is definitely way more connected to the spirit of our Mother Earth. We literally live on a mountain so, it’s incredibly powerful and moving for anyone let alone us artists. 

Life these days is truly fantastic. I love living out here and the access I have to nature spirit has been the most profound connection I’ve ever had in my life. It is influencing me and the artworks in a dramatic fashion. The language of Mother Earth runs deep. I know this language intimately and I encourage anyone  when the opportunity knocks to connect with nature spirit, do it. When she invites you in, embrace her power, her wisdom. 

All my relations....MAJ

Welcome to the new site.

 

Good day to each and everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve been back online. A lot has happened and changed over the last 4 years. I am embarking on a new journey and I have so much to share with you all. I’m excited about this new direction in my life and happy to be sharing my art and culture of the great Anishanabe. 

For those of you who are interested in buying, selling or promoting First Nations native art, I’m here for you. I am regarded as a master in this particular art form known as the woodland school or in our ways of saying it: Anishanabe art.

I have extensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of the current 4 generations of artists who are working in this style. I am also one of the worlds leading experts in the art of Norval Morrisseau, my friend and mentor who before his death in 2007, asked me specifically to help him. 

I have. There is no one better out there who understands what makes a Morrisseau a Morrisseau. For authentication purposes I will share my experiences and knowledge and I will continue to educate throughout this platform. 

I’m excited to move forward with the great spirit of our art and it’s cultural understandings. If you have any questions about anything pertaining to the art form, I will do my best to answer those questions with pure honesty. Once again I thank you for appreciating my works of art, knowledge and understandings. 

All my relations,

MAJ