“I’ve never made a statement painting like this before. At a time in our lives where the 2nd Amendment is under scrutiny, I wanted to remind people what it means to be American. The right to bear arms, the right to freedom of speech and so much more” shared Scott. THE START OF AN IDEA…
As a preteen, I’ll never forget waking up to my sister sitting in the middle of the couch watching cartoons with a Pop Tart and sketchbook in her lap. I was always blown away by her handwriting and natural ability to draw. She’d place a sticker of her favorite character, Spongebob Squarepants on the sketch…
How the Sturgis Painting Started My dad saw a cute kid standing at checkout with his mom at Walmart. “I didn’t want to seem creepy, but I went up to his mom, explained I was an artist looking for a cute kid to use in my 2021 Sturgis painting. I gave her my number and…
Indian painting, “Native Glow” In 2006, Scott merged two of his favorite things – Harley-Davidson and wine – into a new genre of artwork. The first four images sold out within weeks making his Harley-Davidson wine series Scott’s fastest selling series of his career. Since “Members Only“, the first painting of the series, he has…
Over the last year, we’ve added many new members to our amazing community so I wanted to introduce us. As most of you already know, my dad is the source of how we got started in the art world, but there’s much more to it. Meet Scott Jacobs My dad started his career as an…
Sturgis Rally Celebrates Its 80th I’m sure we can all agree that 2020 has been a very strange year. It was upsetting for us and many others, when the world shut down and worrisome for small towns like ours when we were unsure if we’d be open for summer. Businesses in The Black Hills have…
How it Got Started Every year, Scott releases a painting for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. To be ahead of the game, we started brainstorming ideas early in the winter. That’s when the idea to do a photo contest came up. Scott had done one once before in 1998 and received over 700 submissions, which is…
The Creation of “Bite Me” Before I begin telling the story of this particular painting, I wanted to shed some light on Alexa while when were growing up. As kids, Alexa was drawing and practicing her hand-writing whenever she could. She became everyone’s designated Sign Maker, especially for our No Trespassing signs we hung outside…
The Creation of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Release Every Summer is Scott’s opportunity to really show the world his artistic talent. When he comes out with a new Sturgis Motorcycle Rally piece each year, hundreds of thousands of visitors rush to the Gallery to see it in person. I can only imagine the pressure Scott feels…
Scott has been known to photograph some rare motorcycles from our history, but I don’t think anything could compare to the rarity of his newest motorcycle painting. This painting I’m about to share is one that he has been working on for over ten years! You can imagine how excited we all are to see…