Phoenix Artist Guild Meetings

  Jerry Salinas graduated from the American Academy of Art in  Chicago with a degree in Illustration and Fine Arts where he studied with Bill Parks. He has been  working as an illustrator since the mid-1990’s for many ad agencies.     He is now a full-time artist working in the studio with a big smile on his face. Jerry is a member of  the Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, where he has studied with Romel de la Torre,  Clayton J. Beck III and various visiting painters.      Jerry Lives in Phoenix, Arizona pursuing his passion for oil paintings. Going from painting a few  hours a week to several hours every day is pushing his work to a new level. He is excited to be  painting western subjects in a contemporary realist style. Jerry also teaches local classes at the  prestigious Scottsdale Artists' School. He is represented by Santa Fe Trails Fine Art located in Santa Fe New Mexico and Mountain Trails gallery, Sedona, AZ.