Esther Jobrack watercolors are executed in transparent colors. The watercolor paper 100% rag, and is most often  medium heavy weight cold press, and rough. The painting might start with an under painting, to establish the placement of shadows, and add a special luminosity. Watercolor glazing is sometimes used to give a depth to a sky or to have complete control over the blending of a sun rise.

Many other times Esther stands back and holds the brush toward the back end, using the whole arm to express a wild emotion with full spontaneous expression. Sometimes watercolor paint is allowed to flow and ebb on the paper and show how it wants the story to be told.

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Esther Jobrack's Western Art Themes come directly from her environment while living in her western home town. Hanging out at the rodeo grounds, at the local stable, driving by and watching the rancher work the cattle are all images that were common to her since early childhood.  When Esther started drawing in the 6th grade, little girl's fantasy castles and unicorns were the common theme. But the horse crazy teen, reveled in the contrasts of leather teamed with metal, and horse sweat. Her own mother's spurs are the subject of "Spurs on Velvet". Western Art Themes are recurring and even some of the landscapes would be classifiable in this collection. "Snag in a Storm" is a perfect example of a painting that paired with "Vest and Rope" would be showcase collection starter for any collector of Western Art Themes.

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Good drawing and composition are paramount in Pen and Ink drawings. Once a line or dot is down, there's no erasing it. Preplanning, rather than spontaneity, is the theme for Esther in this series of drawings. For most of the renditions here, there is the option of a high quality reproduction, which can be hand painted with water color. The Camellias for example have been done in deep rosy pink, vivid orange, and pale peach.

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Esther feels that pencil, conte and charcoal lend an automatic rustic quality to her western themes. Bringing the drawing into the black and gray realm of values also brings out the essentials of the subject. It isn't so much about what the subject looks like, as what it does and how it is used. Think about the experience of what using the items means. It's about dirt, and sweat, metal, leather, wood...evoking the smell of a barn, the heat of a dry range, dampness and green of a watering hole, the waiting sense of a storm about to hit.

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