BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY
"In 1617, my family came to this country with a charter from the king allowing them to govern.
Two hundred years later they loaded up their linens and their Lomoges and headed West.
It took them twenty years to go from New York to California. Along the way, towns were lived in, elections were held, and babies were born.…
A native Californian, Jerry Venditti is a painter of trompe l'oeil still life of Southwest motifs and also a painter of landscapes. He is a first generation Italian American who grew up in the Bay area, and he and his wife live on 12 acres of land near Sebastopol.
He studied with Tom Jordan, an instructor at the San Francisco…
“The values,
concerns and life of a society are reflected in the art of that society. In
reality the artist is the soul of a society. Thus, a work of art must expand
beyond the image to a timeless message that is central to both the quality and
expression of the work. Throughout history the artist has sought to penetrate…
