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Jerry

jerryschwehm

About Me

I paint, canoe, do weddings, and graphic art. Originally born and raised in New Orleans with a little house across the Lake, I now reside in Pearl River, La., home to my new art studio and canoe place. I have a few paintings up here on MY Space and some of the graphic art too. I like to travel and canoe, can't wait for spring so I can take my camper and canoe to see the States. I also ride a motorcycle so I need to rig it all up to take my toys along as I paint the local scenery. Look on my art page next year for a few of the paintings of my canoe trips. Most likely will spend summer of 2007 in Philadelphia area and canoe New Jersey.Stop in my Fig Street Studio page and buy something so I can then buy some paint to be creative with.
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My Interests

Art, Canoe, Travel, Cooking

I'd like to meet:

Nice people who like art and to canoe.

Music:

Generally most any live music except the loud nasty stuff.

Movies:


Click Image for information on photo to art. Have a favorite photo painted in acrylics.

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MY ART IN THE NEWS

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My Blog

Christmas Cards Win Awards

Fig Street Art Studio's "New Basin Canal Lighthouse Christmas Card" has won the Today's Best  Design Award. Red RibbonYou're in Today's Best!Hi figstreetstudio,Congratulations!Your product, New...
Posted by Jerry on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:19:00 PST

"Big Muddy River of Stars"

My painting of a Mississippi River Boat is the cover image on a book of poems about the Mississippi River. See the book here http://www.topix.net/city/new-orleans-la/2007/10/big-muddy-r iver-of-sta...
Posted by Jerry on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:30:00 PST

Back To The City

 I arrived back in Pearl River September 20th, safely after riding back from Manassas, Va down the Blueridge Parkway. I have hundreds of photos but need to organize them. I covered 9 states and w...
Posted by Jerry on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:03:00 PST

Safely In Jersey

  I arrived safely in Jersey with no real problems riding my motorcycle from New Orleans to Philly. I stopped in DC for a few days then to Dover, Del. I want to head back to Dover it is very inte...
Posted by Jerry on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:01:00 PST

First Leg: Trip to Philly 2007

 I left July 8th, 6AM. From home to Hattiesberg there was no traffic. I just about saw no one until Meridian and my turn east onto I-20. The motorcycle did well but by Laurel there were thunder c...
Posted by Jerry on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:03:00 PST

Eccentrics In My Old New Orleans Neighborhood

My old New Orleans neighborhood was full of eccentrics. I think NOLa attracts them, not that I am all that righted either but I returned early enough the ground was still wet from the flood. One of th...
Posted by Jerry on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:24:00 PST

Old French Lady By The Riverbank

While doing some research on Jackson Square to add some info about my Jackson Square paintings in my Blog I ran across an article written around 1913 by a visitor to New Orleans published in a travel...
Posted by Jerry on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:43:00 PST

New Orleans Fleu De Lis

 The Merovigian King Clovis, first king of the Franks, is said to have been given a golden lily by an Angel when he converted to Christianity beginning the use of the Fleu De Lis as a symbol of F...
Posted by Jerry on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:10:00 PST

Fauvists

   I love colors and playing with  one color next to the other then using negative space to compliment the design. The Fauvists were best at it and I think H. Matisse was a master at de...
Posted by Jerry on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:57:00 PST

GRANOLA Shirt

     A nice lady asked I design her a special shirt. She wanted something to reflect that she supports New Orleans in its recovery from the storm even though she has moved away som...
Posted by Jerry on Fri, 04 May 2007 03:02:00 PST