Jerri Phillips

Jerri Phillips is a Windsor, SC, resident originally from Palmetto, Florida. Her lifetime love of horses, cattle and nature are expressed in her paintings. Her artistic mission is to preserve the history of such for future generations. She paints primarily in acrylic and oil on canvas or board, recently expanding her repertoire to include life-sized fiberglass statues.

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She participated in the “Ponce DeLeon Herd of Seven” art project juried by the James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art for the Great Florida Cattle Drive and Florida Cow Culture Preservation Committee to Celebrate 500 years of cattle in America. Her painting depicting the history of cattle is displayed on a life-sized Florida Cracker Bull statue named “Quinientos” along with six other bulls painted by artists. They will be sold December 2022 in Kenansville, FL, at the end of the historic cattle drive. Her current mobile “Windsor Bull Art Project” was funded in part through the Greater Augusta Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts so that it may be shown to the public for art enrichment. This project is a restored life-sized statue of a Hereford bull painted with scenes of Windsor.

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She is a member of Aiken Artists Guild, Aiken Center for the Arts and The Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta. She was Past President of the Parrish Arts Council in Florida. She attended courses at Ringling College of Art & Design and St. Pete College in addition to taking master workshops. Her work has been exhibited in Aiken, Windsor and North Augusta as well as Sarasota, Anna Maria Island, Bradenton, Parrish, Palmetto, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Gulfport, Arcadia, Micanopy and Kissimmee, Florida. She and her husband, John, have owned and operated "Artistic Florida" guitar and art studios with an art gallery before relocating.

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In the future, Jerri plans to begin teaching private art classes as well as workshops in addition to exhibiting her work. 

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More history...

 

Her artistic adventure began from the inspiration of her artist mom who was her mentor. Together they continued their education, became professional artists showing in festivals, exhibitions and being actively involved in art promotion in their community. Jerri and her husband, John, are a dedicated artistic couple who opened their own art gallery and guitar studio in Parrish, Florida. They closed the gallery and studio to move to Aiken and continue their work from home in  Windsor.

 

Jerri took up the challenge to ride the coast to coast 142-mile Florida Cracker Trail from Bradenton to Fort Pierce by horseback. This was followed by an art exhibition showcasing the history of the trail. She was also juried and commissioned to paint one of seven life-sized fiberglass bulls as an

ambassador to promote the history of Ponce de Leon’s “Herd of 7” that celebrate five-hundred years of cattle in America with The Great Florida Cattle Drive in December 2021. She is expanding her

mission to promote the horse culture in Aiken.

 

Organizations and Memberships- 
Aiken Artists Guild, Member

Aiken Center for the Arts, Member

Arts & Heritage Center of North Augusta, Member

Parrish Arts Council, Inc., Past President 

 
Exhibitions-

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Exhibition, AAG Gallery at Aiken Center for the Arts, December 2022, 2023

Exhibit & Demo, Windsor Trace CDE, November 2022, 2023

Exhibition, Ponce DeLeon Herd of 7 at Herlong Mansion in Micanopy, Oct. 2022

Exhibition, Arts & Heritage Center of North Augusta, September 2022

Exhibition, Aiken Center for the Arts, 2022

Single Artist Exhibition, Manatee Village Historical Park, March-May 2020

Juried Painting Commission, Ponce de Leon’s “Herd of 7” project -

               life-sized fiberglass bull, 2019-2021

Single Artist Exhibition, Art Studio & Gallery of Jerri Phillips, 2017-2020
Juried Plein Air Exhibition, The Gallery at Gulf & Pine, Anna Maria
Juried Winter Exhibition, Art & Frame Sarasota, 2018
Juried Fall Exhibition, Art & Frame Sarasota, 2017, “Spoonbill Landing”, Honorable Mention
Single Artist Exhibition, “Honoring the Open Range: Memories through Art”, 2017
               Manatee Village Historical Park, Bradenton
Agricultural Exhibition, “Citrus Kitsch”, 2017
               Manatee Agricultural Museum, Palmetto
Galleries on the Go Exhibition and Opening, Spring 2017
               Boca Bay Grille, Gulfport
Florida Cracker Cowboy Exhibition and Palmetto Heritage Day 2016
               Designed themed postal cancellation stamp for Palmetto Historical Park post office
               Palmetto Historical Park, Palmetto
Florida Cracker Cowboy Exhibition, 2015
               Manatee Agricultural Museum, Palmetto
Women of the North River, Art Exhibition, 2015
               Palmetto Historical Park & Manatee Agricultural Museum, Palmetto
Parrish Arts Council Member Exhibitions 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
               Rocky Bluff Library, Ellenton
 

Group Art Activities-

Paint-Along Class, Mt. Beulah Baptist Church, Windsor, 2023
Parrish En Plein Air, The Parrish Arts Council,Past President
Mural Painting at Florida Railroad Museum, 2016
Great American Paint Out, Oil Painters of America en plein air, 2017
Light Chasers of the Gulf Coast, en plein air, 2017
Harrison Ranch Artist Guild, Fundraiser Paintaround, 2016, 2017, 2018
Parrish Arts Council, Fundraiser Paintaround, 2017