Edition Announcement #41 - Jacob Magraw

Tuesday Edition: Jacob Magraw

Good morning, art lovers! Welcome to your new, improved, earlier in the day, albeit somewhat briefer, 20x200 newsletter announcement type thingy.

(My copy editor friends are cringing with each and every comma, I know. As you might have noticed I am prone to disparate adjectives and odd constructions more verbal than written, so the whole proper punctuation thing is a bit of a challenge. Should I be using dashes? I don't know.)

OK, then! On to the art, shall we? Today we present to you Drawing by island-dwelling painter Jacob Magraw. As per usual, this edition is:
- exclusive to 20x200
- being presented to you, dear newsletter subscribers, way before it's announced on 20x200.com at 2pm today.
- available in three wonderful sizes
- printed on 100% cotton rag matte paper, using archival inks

This here edition is also a crazy delicious piece of eye-candy, so you'd be well-advised to buy it now, before one of your fellow subscribers leaks it to their own online worlds. I have a hunch that this one will be a mover.

Someone asked me the other day whether I thought that "great art sells itself." You could see where I am inclined to answer with an emphatic "n-o. NO!" Which is what I did. And yes, I believe that to be true, but I also know that there's a lot of work that's immediately appealing and I myself have been sold on plenty of stuff, on sight.

I was thusly sold on Jacob's work. I first came across it on ffffound (don't get lost over there! I always do.) Upon further investigation I fell more in love. Jacob is represented by Richard Heller Gallery, one of those Los Angeles galleries which, like six space, fills my heart with envy admiration. After browsing through his and his gallery's sites, it was quite clear that this particular piece is but one of the many drawings and paintings by Jacob that I'd love to with.

In house, the response has been similarly enthusiastic. I could hear Eric Recktenwald, printer extraordinaire, whistle under his breath even though he's all the way over in Minnesota. He was bracing himself for the challenge of printing such a gorgeous, colorful, layered original (one he met and mastered with ease, as you probably already know) and yea, he wants one for his very own. I can't blame him; I do too, even though I am quickly running out of wallspace to put stuff on.

I'm also running out the door - I've got loads of appointments to make, errands to run and editions to plan. So... until tomorrow, I bid you a fond adieu.

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