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Len Jagoda
Backstretch Studio
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(Click on the image for purchase information)
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| "Big Brown" - a formal portrait |
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| "Big Brown Goes Courting" |
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| Distorted Humor: Sire of Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide |
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| Dakota English Pointer |
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| Johannesburg Champion 2 Year Old |
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| Beatrice |
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| Parisco Von Cocoa |
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| A. P. Indy Champion |
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| Frank, alias Sweet Ice Tea |
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| A Ghost Hunting in the Mist |
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| At the Wire...And All Alone |
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| Tender Moments, Mare with Foal |
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| Ro Saabi - Portrait of an Arabian Stallion |
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| How About a Hug? Portrait of Dodger |
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| Whiz By |
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| Sweet Ice Tea, alias Frank |
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| They're Off |
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| Tribute |
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| Closing In |
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| Closing In |
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“Art with a whinny and a whisker”
The draft prevented Len Jagoda from taking advantage of a scholarship to the Cleveland Institute of Art. When he finally returned to school on the GI Bill, he decided to major in business instead of Art, for practical reasons. While in school, and early in his business life, works of note were devoted to horses in pen & ink. Two of these received recognition on covers of The Chronicle of the Horse, a national publication.
Jagoda left the business world in 2007, and has since committed to art on a full time basis. His return to the art world came with a flare and a passion, as he added new media. He decided to include sculpture and pastels as media, in addition to pen and ink, and to add dogs to his subject preferences.
Jagoda is noted for attention to detail and an uncanny ability to capture the spirit of his subjects. “Tribute,” the first available sculpture he produced, clearly demonstrates his ability to bring this talent to three dimensional works. His pieces reach the soul of his subject and the heart of the observer.
In 2008, Len Jagoda’s works received three awards including a Best of Show. His work adorns homes from Florida to Michigan and New York to Saudi Arabia. His equine portraits are at some of the most prestigious stud farms in Kentucky and he has been selected by Three Chimneys Farm to do a portrait of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, Big Brown.
Jagoda is a member of the Columbus Artists’ Guild and the Southern Rivers Artists’ Guild. His work has been admitted to many juried shows, and galleries, including the Joseph House Art Gallery at 828 Broadway in Columbus, Georgia; and the Southern Rivers Art Exhibit at Callaway Gardens Discovery Center. He has been accepted to the Plantation Wildlife Art Festival, one of the nation’s premier and most rigorously juried sporting art exhibitions. His works can also be seen at The Front Porch in Columbus and the Cat’s Meow in Hamilton, Georgia.
Commissions are accepted. Address inquiries to:
Backstretch Studio
604 Twin Lake Road, Waverly Hall, GA 31831
Phone: 706.593.6786
Email: leonardo_jay@earthlink.net
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| Len Jagoda |
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| Demonstration for the June 2008 meeting of the Columbus Artists' Guild |
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| Len Jagoda winning Best of Show at Arts on the River, 2008 |
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