Artist Bio
Gary & Jan Bertram
Drawing has been one of Gary’s passions since he was a child, but he didn’t become a professional artist until later in life. He has spent the past twenty nine years working as either a teacher, a minister of music, or an associate pastor. However, during his college years, he started doing portraits of people, and for the last twenty years has been doing them on commission. Then in 2001, Gary became interested in wildlife portraiture, and in short order began exhibiting in some of the most elite wildlife art shows in the country, including the Safari Club International and the Southern Wildlife Festival, where in 2006 he won the coveted "People’s Choice Award." And, after only five years in the wildlife art field, he has already won "Best of Show" and "Best of Professional" in several regional art shows.
Gary has also produced equine art of such high quality that it is registered with the Saddlebred Museum at the prestigious Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, as well as with the Kentucky Artisan Center in Berea, Kentucky.
Art Show Schedule - 2008
Mayfest Arts Fair
Date: May 10 & 11
Time: Sat. 10-6 & Sun.11-5
Place: Gratz Park, Lexington, KY
Art Style Juried: Abstracts (Acrylics)
Rocky Mountain Horse Celebration
Date: May 10
Time: Sat. 11-6
Place: Harrison County Fairgrounds, Cynthiana, KY
Art Style Juried: Equine Prints & Commissions Accepted (Artists will not be present, but represented by Jan Bertram)
Francisco's Farm Arts Festival
Date: June 21 & 22
Time: Sat. 10-5 & Sun.10-5
Place: Midway College, Midway,KY
Art Style Juried: Nature Realism (Oils)
* Visit Midway's hotspot for lunch "Quirk Cafe" to see Gary's equine pencil art
Date: October 11 & 12
Time: Sat. 10-6 & Sun.10-5
Place: Memorial Park, Jefferson St. Berea, KY
Art Style Juried: Nature Realism (Oils) & Abstracts (Acrylics)
All the above shows are confirmed.
Shows waiting for confirmation:
Woodland Art Fair
Keeneland Art Show
