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- Jerry Dreesen
- has been painting since his retirement in 2002. He has published numerous watercolor paintings on-line as well as pen and ink drawings and sketches. His haiga, the combination of art and haiku into one art form has also been widely published on-line and ikn print. Jerry’s watercolor haiga has been featured in Simply Haiku, Moments, Reeds, Mindfire Revisited and Haiga-On-Line as well as print journals such as the Gator Springs Gazette, Artella and the White Lotus . He is past Haiga editor of Simply Haiku, a journal of Japanese short form poetry. Jerry is a member of the Hamilton County Artist Association and the Big Car Art Gallery in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has exhibited works in various local art shows and exhibitions including the Indyfringe Festival in Indianapolis and Penrod during the last 2 years. He has been featured in a pilot program for area artists to display work in the Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development, exhibiting a large collection of work there. He has been successful in selling work including several commissions throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Europe and Japan.