Pauline Walsh Jacobson was born in 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas. Growing up on the Texas coast, she spent a lot of time at the beach and fishing with her Dad, and grew to love the ocean and seashore. She graduated in 1972 from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Fine Art. In 1973, Pauline moved to Austin, and took a job with the State of Texas, where she received training in cartography (mapmaking). Pauline spent the next 15 years drawing maps, and another 15 years in management and sales of digital maps and software.

During her years as graphic designer Pauline had the opportunity to create and publish music posters for local venues, including Willie Nelson’s Austin Opry House. Several of her posters are now in the permanent collection of the University of Texas Center for American History in Austin. During this same time period Pauline painted watercolors in her evenings and on weekends and exhibited them both locally and nationally.

Pauline snorkeled for the first time in Cozumel during her honeymoon in 83. Once again she fell in love with the ocean. She became certified and began photographing marine life.

In 1998 Pauline and her husband bought a small "fixer upper" home on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. They still travel back and forth between the islands and Texas but look forward to living on St John full time soon. They continue to participate in frequent dive expeditions to study and photograph marine life, and are active supporters of a number of marine and coral reef conservation organizations. In 2001, Pauline quit her job and became fully focused on her fine art career.

ARTIST STATEMENT: Pauline Walsh Jacobson has been painting in watercolor for over 30 years. All of her paintings are done from her own photographs, memories and or life. she specializes in painting marine life and tropical subjects in watercolor and scuba dive and take underwater photographs to use as subject matter. To look below the ocean's surface and observe life on a coral reef is something that few people have experienced. The world's coral reefs are in trouble and they might be gone someday if we dont take better care of our oceans. Through her paintings and photographs, she wants to show the beauty of ocean ecosystems, coral reefs and tropical coastal environments to the world in hopes that they will be proytected and preserved. Pauline also paint birds, animals, florals and landscape.

Sea Creatures, Fish, Tropical Plants, Beach Scenes, Coral Reefs

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