Jerry Markham • Oil

Oil

with Jerry R. Markham

May 14, 2010 6-8pm

The Friday Night Demo Series showcases professional artists and offers opportunity to learn while watching them paint. With a question & answer session after each demo, it's a fantastic way to gain insight into how artists create. Whether you paint or not, wine, cheese and art are the perfect way to enjoy a Friday evening.

$19^+GST

{includes glass of wine & nosh}

Two-day Painting Workshop Information

Jerry Markham was born in Alberta, Canada in November 1978 and in recent years moved to British Columbia where he currently resides.

Jerry attended the Alberta College of Art & Design for a short time. Disappointed with the school's abstract-oriented program, he left to follow his desire to learn representational style painting by studying master painters and learning from established artists such as Doug Swinton, Jean Geddes and William Reese.

Jerry's interests, experiences and travels play a significant role in the subjects he chooses to paint. His main focus has been to represent nature through landscape oil paintings, though he enjoys painting anything that attracts his interest.

Painting from life is very important to Jerry in order to capture and represent the true essence of a subject. Painting with established artists and taking workshops from the likes of Ned Jacob, has really instilled the importance of painting from life and gaining knowledge of your subject.

He comments: "Painting has evolved into a series of life experiences. It is a personal journey of discovery, challenges, and an exploration of knowledge. I am always surprised as to what subjects I find interesting and beautiful.

Jerry, whose paintings are collected worldwide, is currently a member of the Oil Painters of America and Federation of Canadian Artists.
He is also the active President of the Central Okanagan Chapter of the FCA for 2009.