Jamie "Goose" Voigt

Jamie Voigt

      Drawing from 1978

BIO

Jamie "Goose" Voigt is a developing prolific South Dakota Artist and Writer who has been writing since 1991 and painting since 2005 in which he produced over 100 originals in his first two years of painting.   Voigt was raised in Mitchell, South Dakota and influenced by two public school art teachers in the late seventies and early eighties.  Calvin Schultz was Voigt's Junior High art teacher that influenced his South Dakota farm scenes and watercolor paintings.  Schultz was best known for designing murals for the World's Only Corn Palace for many years.  Don Durfee helped Voigt learn to be more creative and taught him during his Senior High years.  Voigt graduated for Northern State College in 1987 and took a few art classes, however at the time he pursued a degree in Business Management.

Voigt started doing commissioned paintings in 2006 and has since completed over 175 paintings, many painting he gives to local organizations for fundraisers.  Currently some of his work is Availble thru select vendors like Made in South Dakota and is a Member of the South Dakota Artist Network.

Voigt describes himself as an artist with a pen or paint brush and equally shares a story in the study as well as the story of the work.  Voigt's style is part contemporary realism with hints of abstract which is noticeable in his tropical scenes, in which he tends to drift between the traditonal style of using light reflecting off the ocean to short brush strokes in which make the ocean come alive.  Many of his tropical work have splashes of bold tropical colors blended with the cool shades of the Caribbean Ocean - which create excitement and yet a relaxing scene.

His landscape scenes of the Dakota's are done in natural tones and darker colors - again utilizing light from the sun dancing off golden fields or the moon's ray drifting between the blades of a windmill.  One of Voigt's favorite subject are South Dakota's State bird -the Ring Neck Pheasant, in which he has completed many commissioned works of annually.



Voigt is has resided in South Dakota his entire life and has resided in Mitchell, Aberdeen and Sioux Falls.  Voigt is currently employed as the Regional VP of Sales at Centennial Homes for locationsin South Dakota and Montana.