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About the artist
From accountant to artist.
I'm Jacob Lund, a self-taught painter from Denmark. I started painting during lockdown in 2020. I haven't stopped creating since.
Hi, I'm Jacob. I get too many ideas.
I call it my “popcorn brain.” Ideas keep popping up for paintings, businesses and everything in between. I've learned to work with it rather than fight it.
Art is one part of my life. I don't want to paint on a schedule. I want to paint when I feel inspired.
The journey
How I got here.
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Shot out into the world
Born on February 26. Thanks for that, mom!
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“You'll be an artist”
My mother saw my drawings and said I'd become an artist. She was right.
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A year in Ireland
After business school I moved to Dublin, where my working life really began.
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Yes… an accountant
Way too dry for me. Then came entrepreneurship and IT startups.
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BOOM. Corona.
A pile of canvases and paint in our living room. My sanctuary was born.
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10 m² studio
The apartment was full, people started buying, and I needed space.
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50 m² workshop
We bought a house with a workshop. Two months later it was too small.
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140 m² studio
Customer visits, quiet painting days and sometimes nights. Whenever the ideas come.
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Creating on my own terms
I realised I didn't want to be a full-time artist. I wanted to paint because I felt inspired, with room to follow my other interests too.
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Taking the leap
I left my job to become fully self-employed. Art was part of it, alongside building online brands. Two ways of creating, and space for both.
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Back to Copenhagen
I left Solrød and gave up my studio. I missed the city, the people, and the energy. Painting would have to find a different place in my life for a while.
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A different kind of studio
New originals became rare, but I kept creating on my iPad. A sofa, quiet music, and time to get lost in an idea. Meanwhile, canvas and paper prints of my work continued finding homes around the world.
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Building something new
We're building a new home, including a 100 m² art studio. Digital art has kept me creating, but I miss standing in a studio, surrounded by paint, and getting completely absorbed in a painting.
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Back to paint-splattered floors
The hope is to have the studio ready by autumn 2027. A new base for my art, with space to make originals again. I'm curious to see what comes out of it.
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Still an artist
I don't know how often I'll paint, or what I'll create next. But I know I'll keep making art for the rest of my life. Whenever the urge comes. That's what made me start, and that's what I want to keep following.
The room
Where most of it happened.
This was my old 140 m² studio. I painted most of my paintings here, with canvases on the floor and paint pretty much everywhere. I gave it up in 2022 when I moved back to the city.
- Size140 m²
- WhereSolrød Strand
- MaterialsCanvases, kraft paper and paint
- Years2021–2022
Through the years
From the archive.
Photos I've dug out from along the way, of me and my art through the years. Some I had almost forgotten about. I'll keep adding as I find more.
How it feels to paint
“I'm standing at the main train station, ready to leave for a beautiful but unknown place. I take the train that feels right and change from station to station. I don't stop until it feels right.”
In the studio
This is what it looks like when I paint.
No plan, no schedule. Just me, a canvas, and whatever the painting wants to become.
What I hope you feel
“I make my art for my own sake. If it resonates with someone, that's a wonderful bonus.”
And I love getting photos of my art in your homes. It's nice to see where it ends up.
In my own words
Art lookbook.
I put this lookbook together to share more about how I think, how I work and the art I make.
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