About the Artist

Life-long Taylor County, Kentucky resident, Gerald Myers, cannot remember when he wasn't "doodling". His early artistic talent caught the eye of many, including his first grade teacher, Mary Kou Rafferty, who treasured his pencil drawings of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln for over a decade. Upon Gerald's high school graduation, Mrs. Rafferty returned the yellowed drawings, which the artist endears today.

The artist first took an interest in drawing at about age six while visiting with friends of the family. One of the boys offered Gerald a sheet of paper from a sketchpad, and from that moment on the young artist developed a passion for artistic expression.

Gerald's late mother encouraged him to pursue his interest by purchasing him his own sketchpad and enrolling him in painting classes at age eight. Gerald continued to develop his skill as an artist. As a high school senior, he won his first contest for an acrylic painting entitled "Uncle Corbett's Corncrib" He has won numerous local honors and praise for his paintings, pencil drawings and photography.

Inspired by other photo realists, Myers has succeeded in obtaining a photographic quality in his pencil drawings. Nonetheless, the modest artist is his own worst critic, always striving to improve his technique.

Most of Myers' pencil sketches depict Americana, and their popularity inspired him to reproduce his work. Now he makes his prints available through his small in-home business, A Fine Line Studio. Gerald has sold his art nationwide, as well as overseas.

Recently columnist, Byron Crawford, featured Gerald's pencil drawings in Louisville's Courier-Journal. Crawford stumbled upon Myers' work while writing a feature on local fiddle collector and player, Lambert Livers, who is also the subject of one of the artist's sketches. Crawford was so impressed by Myers' work that he immediately contacted him to line up an interview.

Currently devoting most of his spare time to his family and home, Gerald finds it a challenge to schedule time for drawing, painting and his latest interest, wood sculpting. However, whenever he gets the chance to "doodle", his talent shines.