Jerry's Bio 2

By the age of twelve, I discovered the world of comic books and my frustrations at not being able to replicate those seemingly simple drawings—and my "never surrender" attitude—became my art school for many years. Another great gift from Mom was her love of music. And while I never showed much musical aptitude to speak of, I spent untold hours lying on the living room floor listening to her movie soundtrack LPs while attempting to copy the great movie poster art from those album covers.

While I did not know the names until much later in life, those artists—Howard Terpning, Frank McCarthy (Doctor Zhivago, Thunderball), and others, were some of my earliest art teachers. I also fell in love with a coffee-table book on Norman Rockwell. I began to realize true draftsmanship, composition, aerial perspective...and emotion within a two-dimensional frame. Then, before long, Frank Frazetta showed me the superhero-like power of paint. I was hooked and netted. My future realized.

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