Jamie "Goose" Voigt

Describing his style as part contemporary realism and part abstract, Voigt tends to drift between the traditional style of using light and color in his tropical scenes along with short brush strokes accompanied by the bold use of "tropical" colors to create a sense of movement of the ocean and energy of the tropics.  This technique is designed to take the viewer with him into his vision of a day at the beach or afternoon in a fishing boat.

Voigt's landscapes and farm scenes of the Great Plains present the viewer with a reflective and emotional view of the tribulations of rural life and the countryside that many of our families have endured in settling and making the plains home for us today.

Jamie Voigt is a prolific painter and quickly developing his skills and technique by using Acrylic paint as medium of choice.  His only formal art training came from his first art teacher Calvin Schultz - who taught Art in the Mitchell Public Schools and designed the murals for the World's only Corn Palace.  It was Calvin that taught Jamie to "paint the picture in order to tell a story", when looking at a rural setting of a barn or windmill, that the ordinary passer by might miss.  That was the 1970's and for 30 years plus - that inspiration lay dormant.

In 2004 while out on the Flat's in the Keys - inspiration struck while fishing and his passion to paint was re-kindled (see the First picture story).  Voigt's early works are mainly of tropical scenes and salt water fishing, while his most recent paintings, take root right here in South Dakota.  So for the time between travels to Mexico, The Caribbeans and the Gulf continues annually, rural American and the Plains of the Dakota's are still where he enjoys to live and capture those "home" scenes daily in his paintings.

Voigt truly describes himself as an artist and writer -through the brush and pen.  The presentation of his works are either accompanied by a short story or poem and a hand crafted custom frame.  His mission is to tell his or your story, while providing the opportunity for everyone to be able to own and afford an original work of art.

"There is no greater pride then to own an original work of art, that is crisp and clear -hanging on the wall of your home, a one of kind; then the pride of the artist that created it and was allowed to give you that gift." - Jamie "Goose" Voigt