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"Gary Knerr - Local Views"
Views of Bakersfield
Gary Knerr is the featured artist at the Bakersfield Art Center for May.
At a young age living in a small village in northern Wisconsin Gary Knerr began to paint. His interest in art began when he was eight years old when his mother arranged a private lessen for him and his two sisters. They learned how to mix the primary colors
of oil paints.
During Junior High School in Wisconsin, Gary entered a contest for the “Polk County Health Seal” and won first place with his dairy design of milk and cheese.
After graduating from Amery High school, Gary attended the University of Minnesota Dental School and continued to paint in his spare time. In 1967 Dr. Knerr graduated from the U of Minn and began serving his country as a Captain in the USAF during the Vietnam War working as a dentist.
Twice Gary won the “Best of Show” for his oil painting entries at the Kern County Fair. He has taken workshops with Beverly Carrick, Ray Roberts, Calvin Liang, Ignat Ignatov, Ken Auster, and Gary Jenkins.
Gary has made his own Christmas cards for the last 15 years using scenes from his paintings. Last year he put together a book of his oil paintings inspired from his travels from Alaska to Switzerland. He titled his book, “My Life in Art”.
