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About Jerry
My background
I started drawing during high school for class projects, History class and Biology class homework. I didn’t do much after high school.
I was drawing in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, but due to raising a family and work, I put my art aside. I took up photography and did studio photo shoots in the 1990’s. I also took pictures of sports, for the University of Illinois football and basketball teams for the Illinois Sport Information department.
I retired from the electrical trade in 2000, when my wife and I moved to Madison Indiana where we restored an 1860 house on Rykers Ridge. My wife and I continued to restore old houses for the next 16 years, using this as our creative outlet. I started drawing again in 2017 when we moved to Vero Beach Florida. Chalk is my choice of medium, as I felt oil took too long to dry. I have no formal art training and I am a self-taught artist. I have used books and magazines to get ideas.
I like nature, animals, and landscapes. I find it rewarding to start with a blank canvass or a piece of paper and see something magically appear from my perspective of the subject matter. I take pictures and draw the subject. My wife is my biggest critic! But I love her perspective of my art pieces.