“The goal of my works is to produce an image that pulls the viewer’s mind into the painting, holding it there, generating a positive and uplifting emotional response.  The two most reached for emotional experiences being a sense of peacefulness and delightful discovery.”

Biography

Jerral Derryberry grew up in small towns in Texas, Colorado and West Virginia.  

His formal education was in architecture, having earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from University of Texas at Austin.  The training he received in architectural illustration techniques, casein, gauche and watercolor gave him the means to work his way through college and also were the first steps toward his future as a fine artist.

Jerral became a corporate architect in Houston, Texas, working on major high-rise, hotel and shopping center projects.  Later, he owned his own design and graphics firm principally serving the yachting community of the Galveston Bay area.  During this period he continued to pursue his love for painting and produced many works.

In the 80’s through the late 90’s, he relocated to Taos and Santa Fe New Mexico, where he concentrated his efforts on studying the oil painting techniques of the great New Mexico impressionist masters.   It was during this period that he began painting primarily plein air subjects and selling his paintings in galleries, juried shows and exhibitions.

Over the past few years, Jerral has had the privilege of being in demand as a teacher and has developed a following of students who share his passion for studying the subjects of color theory, composition and structure. 

In the years 1999 through 2001, he focused efforts on entering competitions, and as a result, his works received many regional, national and best of show awards, including the H.K.Holbein Merit Award for Excellence in Art, the Winsor Newton Award and the Outdoor Painter’s Society Plein Air Award.

His work has been published in Southwest Art Magazine, Art of the West, Art Gallery International Magazine, Southwind Magazine and Dallas Bar Association’s Headnotes. 

Jerral is a juried member of the New York Salmagundi Club and numerous other art associations.

Jerral enjoys traveling extensively throughout the western states to paint en plein air, producing studies from which he creates his larger studio pieces.  He also creates studio works inspired by his admiration for the Taos impressionists.  In addition, he enjoys painting and traveling to Scotland with a group of nationally known painters to sketch and paint in preparation for the Annual Castles and Clans Exhibition at Loch Vale Fine Art, Estes Park, Colorado.

His work is currently represented and sold in fine art galleries and regional and national juried exhibitions and is nationally and internationally collected for both private and corporate collections.

For availability of paintings please contact Jerral Derryberry Studio - phone 214.288.8947 email - art@jerralderryberry.com

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