Jamie Schaffran Perry has an innate ability to make people smile. Her exceptional drawings are an unprecedented combination of talent, technique and personality. Jamie's award-winning drawings have propelled her into being one of the most popular colored pencil artists in the western United States.
Jamie has been drawing all her life. Even as a child, her drawings communicated her unique perception of the world and won her numerous honors and scholarships. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture at the University of Illinois and her Masters in Art Therapy from the University of Louisville. For seven years, she was a practicing Registered Art Therapist. Jamie attributes her decision to actively pursue her art career to her husband and manager, Michael, and their two Siamese cats, The Kid and Gilda. In 1982, the Perrys took to the road exhibiting Jamie's work extensively in California and Arizona. The Perrys then settled on the West Coast.
Her acute sense of design, subtly brilliant color mixtures, and whimsical subjects enhanced by her vivid imagination, sense of humor and original style make her work uniquely recognizable. Her originals take between 120 and 150 hours to complete, depending on the size and complexity of the piece. Her works begin virtually as free scribbles - then comes the designing and refining.
Her work has been selected by the Berol Corporation to represent them at national and international trade shows. She has taken First Place for Overall Interpretation of Cats in the Los Gatos at Art Competition. And so it has gone with Jamie's work - with awards, feature articles, showcased drawings and sold out editions. Her overwhelming popularity as a cat artist generated a large following of established collectors. Because of the amount of time it takes to complete each drawing, Jamie averages only 10 to 12 new originals each year.
JS Perry says:"My aim is to create work that evokes sentimental feelings in the viewer, and transcends them to a place where life is simple and unobstructed."
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