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BIO

Jacob Lovett (b. 1995) is an American artist best known for his contemporary Western oil paintings. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Lovett grew up surrounded by the Western lifestyle — always at arm’s length, close enough to observe but never fully immersed. It wasn’t until later in life that he came to recognize how profoundly this world had shaped his perspective and, ultimately, his artistic practice. In 2018, he picked up a paintbrush for the first time, initiating a creative journey that would evolve into a distinctive visual language — one in which the American West remains both subject and catalyst.

 

Lovett’s work serves as both personal reflection and narrative vehicle — a means of honoring and interpreting the lives, labor, and landscapes that define this evolving frontier. Over the past four years, he has deeply engaged with the region, traveling across its expanse capturing these scenes — from secluded ranches to iconic landscapes — while forging meaningful relationships with the cowboys, wranglers, and Western communities whose stories continue to shape his practice.

 

These firsthand experiences are embedded in his paintings, enabling him to render rugged terrain and moments of stillness with emotional clarity and narrative depth. His work extends an invitation not only to witness but to reflect — to consider one’s own relationship to time, place and purpose. Central to his visual approach is what he calls, Western Windows: a signature synthesis of classical oil painting techniques and a minimalist, contemporary aesthetic, where his compositions often resemble the experience of looking through, entering, or exiting a window — serving simultaneously as literal framing devices and metaphoric thresholds.


In a relatively short period, Lovett’s work has garnered national recognition, with features in leading publications including Southwest Art Magazine ("21 Under 31: Young Artists to Watch"), Western Art and Architecture, Cowboys & Indians Magazine, Western Art Collector, Cowgirl Magazine, and Fort Worth Magazine. He has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the United States, including the 2024 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale’s Young Guns Show in Denver, Colorado, and the 2023 C.M. Russell First Strike Friday in Great Falls, Montana.

 

Today, his work is held in public and private collections nationwide and beyond, and he is currently represented by Commerce Gallery in Lockhart, Texas, and The Gallery at Bowie House in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Upcoming Shows

August 1, 2025, Commerce Gallery, Lockhart, TX

September 12 & 13, 2025, The Far West Show, Preacher Gallery, Austin TX

Previous Shows

April 27, 2025, Gallery at Bowie House, Bowie House Auberge Resorts Collection, Fort Worth, TX

2024, Coors Western Show, Young Guns Show, Denver, CO

2024, Commerce Gallery, Lockhart, TX

2023, C.M. Russell, First Strike Friday, Great Falls, MT

2023, Commerce Gallery, Lockhart, TX

2022, Blinders, Love Texas Art, Fort Worth, TX  

2021 8th Rising Star Exhibition, Turner House, Dallas, TX 

2021 New Texas Talent XXVIII Exhibition, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX 

 

 

Media & Publication 

Cowboys & Indians, C&I's Photo Contest The West From Here, January 2025

Western Art Collector, Ones To Watch, December 2025

Western Art and Architecture, Artist Spotlight - Jacob Lovett, August 2024

Tecovas, How Our Friends Are Spending The Holidays, November 2023

Cowgirl Magazine, Western Art We Love - Jacob Lovett, November 2023

Fort Worth Magazine, 9 Muses of Western Art | Fort Worth Magazine, September 2023

NBC5 Texas Today, Capturing the cowboy lifestyle with Jacob Lovett, August 2023

Southwest Art Magazine, 21 Under 31 | Young Artists to Watch 2023, August/September 2023

Fort Worth Report, Fort Worth artist saddles up for first solo exhibition as Fall Gallery Night approaches, August 2022

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