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Jacob Houston\u2019s \u201cBalloons Over Cambridge,\u201d an acrylic painting he did in 2017, are among his works being exhibited at The Hyde Museum in Glens Falls through June 23.
Courtesy The Hyde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nothing seemed extraordinary about the conversations Jacob Houston had with three separate bicyclists who visited his studio during a Washington County studio tour a few summers ago.
\nSo when he received a letter a year later from a man who introduced himself as curator of The Hyde Collection\u2014a bicyclist who stopped and chatted with Houston \u2014and asked if Houston might be interested in an exhibition at the museum, the 26-year-old artist was in disbelief.
\n\u201cIt was almost unreal,\u201d he said. \u201cIt didn\u2019t make sense.I didn\u2019t expect my stuff to be in The Hyde.\u201d
\nBut this month, 23 of Houston\u2019s paintings are on exhibit in the museum\u2019s Hoopes Gallery. \u201cA Magical World: The Art of Jacob Houston\u201d runs through June 23.
\nWhen he was 12 years old, Houston entered a painting in the Washington County Fair Farm exhibition and won first prize. In the years since, he has exhibited his art at venues that include Gallery 668 in Battenville, New York; Lapham Gallery, Samantha\u2019s, 6 Pine Street Gallery, and Gallery 99 in Glens Falls; Saratoga Arts Center in Saratoga Springs; Milne Library in Williamstown, Mass.; Greenwich Free Library and the Washington County Farm Museum in Greenwich; and more
\n\u201cJacob\u2019s open-hearted, joyful view of the world captivated me immediately,\u201d said Jonathan Canning, director of curatorial affairs and programming at The Hyde.
\nHouston won first prize at Lapham Gallery\u2019s first LARAC 120 degrees Intercollegiate Art Competition, competing with artists from colleges throughout the region. His art has also been exhibited in a three-person show at LARAC and in a solo exhibition at Southern Vermont Arts Center.
\nHouston is mostly self-taught and paints the beauty he finds in the world around him, what he encounters in his travels, and places he can only dream about. \u201cI paint something I find interesting,\u201d he said. \u201cI might want to travel there, or I have been there and like it a lot.\u201d
\n\u201cHe treats it as a regular career,\u201d Claire Houston, his mother, said, describing how her son works Monday through Friday at the family\u2019s dining room table. She said Jacob\u2019s love of art and talent for it were evident early on. His evolution as an artist is chronicled in a series of albums she created and proudly displays in the den of their family home.
\n\u201cWhen I was 5, I did it for fun,\u201d he said. \u201cBut still, nothing is better. Art\u2019s always the first thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nothing seemed extraordinary about the conversations Jacob Houston had with three separate bicyclists who visited his studio during a Washington County studio tour a few summers ago. 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