Jerry Salinas

French Market, Oil Painting

2020

Artist Comments
Artist Jerry Salinas has a love for outdoor markets. This painting depicts a trip to Paris where he experienced a sunny day with many Parisians enjoying the warm weather. "I enjoyed a wonderful chocolate croissant," he jokes. Jerry created the painting with not only brushes but rubber spatulas to move the paint around, and he used a limited palette to harmonize the colors.

About the Artist
Artist Jerry Salinas paints light-filled impressionist portraits of travelers in Europe who are enjoying art, food and culture. Jerry studied illustration and painting at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. After graduation, he went to work as a commercial illustrator for several advertising agencies, which he credits as keeping him in fine art. In the early 2000s, Jerry made a fortuitous move from Chicago to Phoenix. With the help and encouragement of his wife, he transitioned to a career as a full-time painter. Today Jerry works from a bright studio space with surrounding views of Phoenix Mountains Preserve. “You’re welcome to visit, but you may have to sit for a portrait,” he says with a smile. Jerry’s artwork has been exhibited at the Museum of the West in Scottsdale and in gallery shows throughout the United States with the Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society. When he’s not working, Jerry and his wife run a medical mission that brings doctors, nurses and volunteers to northern Mexico.

Words that describe this painting: farmers market, outdoors, Paris, France, Europe, people, sunny, summer, vacation, tourists, travel, street, impressionism, people, travel, representational, oil painting, blue

French Market
Jerry Salinas
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2020
12 in. h x 24 in. w x .5 in. d
0 lbs. 12 oz.