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| Following retirement in 2005 has meant a move for Nairy, my wife, and Thumper, our Maine Coon cat, and me, to Camano Island and time to enjoy painting acrylic miniatures. I want people to look at my paintings and smile or perhaps even laugh. Jack Gunter has said: “Jerry Finn has a quirky style”.
I am a member of the board for the Stanwood Camano Artists Guild.
It is an honor to represented by Karla Matzke at the Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island, WA 98282. phone: 360.387.2759
My pieces have been in a number of shows and exhibits including:
- The Big and Small of it..., Matzke Fine Arts Gallery and Sculpture Park
- Honey I Shrunk the Art, History of the World of Fine Art Gallery
- Stanwood Camano Artists Guild, Spring Art Show
- Stanwood Camano Artists Guild, Art by the Bay
- Camano Arts Association / Stanwood Camano Artists Guild, Art Matters at Four Springs
I only use the Golden brand of products on my paintings. Each of
my miniature canvases or panels are given 3 coats of gesso. Only acrylic paint is used on my paintings. Once the painting is complete,
they are given 3 coats of soft gel medium, followed by 3 coats
of gloss polymer varnish with UVLS (ultra violet light
stabilizer).
During my working career I spent 36 years at Pasadena City College, in Pasadena, CA, where, as a Professor, I taught studio television operations.
Am a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), and a Life Member of The British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society (BKSTS).
In 1989, received a citation for outstanding service’s to the society (SMPTE), and was elevated to Fellow of (SMPTE) in 1992 in New York. In 1997 received the Eastman Kodak gold medal in Toronto, Ont. In 2001, the (SMPTE) Presidential Proclamation. And in 2001, the Risser Education Outstanding Teacher Award, one of Pasadena City College’s highest awards.
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