Last year, Oregon-based Mark Jacobs was looking for a jigsaw puzzle that depicted American life in the countryside — but with solar. He was unable to find anything, so he set out to make his own.
Kathleen Russell’s oil painting that is now featured in puzzle form.
The result is the 500-piece “Solar Farms in America” puzzle that is now available for purchase via Portland Puzzle: portlandpuzzle.
Jacobs is the Board VP for Twende Solar, a nonprofit dedicated to bring solar power to under-resourced communities. He is pledging 10% of the puzzle sales to the nonprofit.
“We need more Americans to see solar as a beautiful thing. Fingers crossed this little puzzle can play a small part in that,” he said.
Jacobs partnered with local artist Kathleen Russell on the puzzle design, which shows a rural landscape with farm equipment, plants and solar arrays.
Those interested can purchase the puzzle here.
