By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the first of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by American landscape painter Jack Irwin Liberman (born 1939 in Akron, Ohio).

 

Jack earned a BFA in painting from Kent State University where he was honored as “best draftsman.” He went on to study for two years at the Art Students League of NY with Frank Mason (www.frankmason.org), Everett Raymond Kinstler and Ivan Olinsky— all noted members of the National Academy. Jack also studied landscape painting in Vermont and Maine with Frank Mason for nine months.
                                         
                              Art Group Affiliations

Jack is a Life Member of the Art Students League, Emeritus Member of the Akron Society of Artists, Member of Oil Painters of America and The Portrait Society of America. He is an Elected Member of the Salgamundi and National Arts clubs. He is a Member, and is represented online by the Ohio Plein Air Society In addition, Jack is a Member of The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, where he has been an instructor of portrait and landscape painting for over 30 years. He also teaches workshops and does demonstrations on occasion.

 

                                             Awards

 

Jack's recent honors include Finalist in the National Still-life Richeson Competition; two medals won at Cincinnati Viewpoint national shows; First Place, Honorable Mention and “Quick Draw” awards at Ohio Plein Air Society (OPAS) competitions; and Best of Show at the Akron Society of Artists 75th Anniversary show; Best of Show at the Canton Art Museum regional Combination show, and an Honorable Mention at the Grand Exhibition National Show.
 

Jack's paintings have been accepted at the Butler Museum’s National and Regional shows.

 

Group shows: Art for the Parks, Kent State University, the Akron Art Museum, Rief (State Capital) Gallery and multiple times in the National Arts Club, Salmagundi Club and Springfield Museum of Art. Recently, Jack's work was juried into the Oil Painters of America National Competition and also accepted into their first National Salon Exhibition.

 

                                     Representation

Jack is now represented by the Vermont Fine Art Gallery in Stowe, Vermont. In addition to his studio gallery (by appointment), he is represented on occasion by The Gallery of Medina and the Larry Churski Gallery.