Jacoba Paulus

Visual Artist

Jacoba is a freelance visual artist based in Hawick in the Scottish Borders, focusing on painting and drawing. Originally from Germany, she holds a degree in Illustration from the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. Her career to date includes a number of years in jewellery making and teaching arts, craft, and history of arts. Jacoba has exhibited her work in various exhibitions in North Germany and Scotland. Her latest paintings and drawings show portraits of human and humanoid beings and imaginary landscapes, which were recently on show in Peebles Library, Museum & Gallery.

Work by Jacoba Paulus

  • Jacoba Paulus - Encounter

    Encounter

    Encounter

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    £230.00
  • Jacoba Paulus - Happy Riding

    Happy Riding

    Happy Riding

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    £220.00
  • Jacoba Paulus - Head Down

    Head Down

    Head Down

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    £220.00
  • Jacoba Paulus - Keep Going

    Keep Going

    Keep Going

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    £200.00
  • Jacoba Paulus - Looking

    Looking

    Looking

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    £220.00
  • Jacoba Paulus - Please Mummy

    Please Mummy

    Please Mummy

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    £230.00
  • Jacoba Paulus - Slow and Steady

    Slow and Steady

    Slow and Steady

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    £230.00
  • Jacoba Paulus - Tag

    Tag

    Tag

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    £200.00
  • Jacoba Paulus - The Dancers

    The Dancers

    The Dancers

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    £240.00

About Jacoba Paulus

  • Initially experimenting with intuitive writing, Jacoba felt inspired to try a similar approach to drawing. She worked very quickly to avoid thoughts getting in the way of the creative process, going through a large amount of paper aiming to hold a state of indefiniteness for a specific period, inviting images to pop up, and abandoning any agenda towards the outcome.

    The initial idea was for the original drawings to stay just black and white, and she was hesitant about ‘thinning down’ their somewhat harsh expression with colour. Still, upon reflection, she decided in favour of the collaged coloured prints to add some depth and vibrance to the images.

  • Selected Exhibitions of the last 5 years

    • Ewen MacDonald and Jacoba Paulus, Chambers Institution, Peebles Library, Museum and Gallery, April-July 2024 (joint)
    • An Afternoon with Marilyn in The Borders Textile Towerhouse, April/June 2023 (solo)
    • About the Town in The Cornucopia Room/Unit 4, Hawick, May 2022 (solo)
      Neues aus Hamburg, Rindchens Weinkontor, Hamburg/Germany, June 2019 (solo)