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DPM: Tell us about the key moments of your art career?

When did you get a feeling of having gained a reputation

of a talented painter?

JVL: As steady as my output is, I would describe the re-

ception I garner as sporadic. There are high, busy times as

well as lower periods where my momentum seems to stag-

nate. I'm not sure how this element functions for other

people in my field. I've managed to gain a large part of my

network online through sites like Tumblr and Behance.

This year I've explored more local opportunities to estab-

lish footing in Chicago. Despite the changes I sense about

how my work is received, I typically don't go more than a

day without working on a project or starting something

new.

DPM: Jacob, what projects are you working on now and

when will we have an opportunity to see them?

JVL: Most the work I am completing this summer and fall

is for upcoming exhibitions in Chicago, including my first

solo show coming in January 2014. I have started working

in pen after taking a few years off from the medium, mid-

scale pieces influenced by botanical plates and other sci-

entific illustration. I may have some opportunity to work

with Anobium Books with upcoming designs for publica-

tion. I am currently seeking out more opportunities for

projects that allow me to use both art and design together.

DPM: What has impressed you in art lately?

JVL: I see something new every few days that resonates

with my personal tastes, but the one experience I had re-

cently was being able to view "Painting the Void" at the

Chicago MCA. It was a body of work curated by Paul

Schimmel, focusing on modern works created internation-

ally as a reaction to the post World-War economy, also

under the influence of Cold War politics in the 50's and

60's.