Jerry Wilkerson
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Born in Texas in 1943, Jerry Wilkerson resides in St. Louis, Missouri, and is well know for his contemporary pointillism style and as a supporter of local business and talent. After completing his BS at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, in 1966, Wilkerson obtained his MFA (1968) from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Wilkerson exhibits at galleries in St. Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans, New York City, and Carmel, California. His works are represented in several public collections incuding, among others, the St. Louis Art Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, Tucson Museum of Art, and Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, In. The major theme of his work is food - including lobsters, burgers, a Warholesque Campbell's soup can, bananas, cherries, apples, pears, fortune cookies, and cups of coffee.