(603) 898-8800
135 N. Broadway
Salem, NH
Sherry Burnett
Art Instructor/Owner
Sherry Burnett is a fine artist and instructor. Her passion and emotion for art is realized through the 'Flower series', her latest body of work. Sherry has won awards, been juried into art shows and her works are displayed locally.
Big shoe box full of crayons, drawing pads, pencils, sketching my grandfather at the kitchen table, doodling in my school notebooks – these are my young childhood art memories. I have received numerous recognitions for my artistic talents during my school years, and during the summers I would take art classes.
After making a tough decision to not formally study art, I attended college for a degree in electrical engineering. While at Georgia Tech, I kept my interest in art by enrolling in life drawing classes and art appreciation at the School of Architecture. The life drawing instructor encouraged me to continue but engineering studies took up most of my energies.
Art was on the back burner while starting a new job and new family with several relocations from Georgia to Texas, then Colorado and last a big move overseas to The Netherlands. The three years overseas gave me the opportunity to visit various art museums -The Van Gogh Museum and The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and The Louvre in Paris. This kept my love for art alive.
Since returning from overseas and settling in NH, I have been able to rekindle my study of art. My love of the outdoors and the New England landscapes is the subject of most of my paintings.
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Jessica Millis
Art Instructor
Jessica Millis has recently moved to this area from the downeast region of Maine, where she was teaching private art lessons for the past five years. She has studied art in Belgium and France, and has a BFA and MFA from the University of Utah in fine art, with an emphasis in painting and drawing. She has also worked as an illustrator and loves to dabble in ceramic sculpture. She believes regardless of age or ability, we can all learn and progress as artists if we continue to work at it find joy in the creative process. She has taught all ages, and is extremely excited to be teaching the fine art class for adults/teens on Tuesday evenings.
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Jerie Artz
Watercolor Artist and Instructor
Although my married name is “Artz”, I began my creative career as a musician. During the 70’s I learned the art of porcelain painting in Lafayette, Indiana. I continued to paint and teach porcelain painting for several years in France and the USA.
Influenced by my mother, a watercolor artist, I gradually made the transition to watercolors. Both watercolor and porcelain painting have great similarities, the fluidity of the medium, the layering of color, and the use of the white of the porcelain or watercolor paper for highlights. I also enjoy painting pastels.
Having lived in France for fourteen years, it has been a pleasure to organize three painting trips to France – one in 2010, 2015, and 2019. I served as president of the Gateway East Artist Guild, Belleville, Illinois for 6 years, served as vice president for 2 years and president for 8 years of the Wabash Valley Artist Society, Lafayette, Indiana. I taught watercolor and porcelain painting classes at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, and watercolor classes at Westminster Village in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The beauty and wonder of nature, the changing seasons, the places I’ve lived and traveled are all sources of inspiration for paintings. Two of my passions are painting travel journals and plein air. Recently moved to New Hampshire, I look forward to new art experiences and art friends.
The role of art in my life's journey has enriched my relationship with God and with others. The gift is His. “Soli Deo Gloria!”
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