BIO

Antolik earned a degree in illustration from Cooper School of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, before working for American Greeting Card Company and then Designs Unlimited, a commercial studio in Maple Heights, Ohio.  In the early 70's Antolik moved to Colorado and eventually Wyoming to experience all the West had to offer.

Antolik has known the loneliness of sheepherding, the camaraderie of ranch life, and the excitement of exploring the vast wilderness of the magnificent Rocky Mountains.

“I enjoy working on location so that I can capture those favorite places with small studies. As well as being saleable, the studies provide useful information for the development of larger gallery pieces or very large murals.” Jerry is comfortable painting life size works and murals, “I have had to overcome my training as a studio artist, letting go of old ideas and growing into new ones. 
      
 

An adept teacher, Antolik teaches workshops on painting throughout the region, and has taught art at Central Wyoming College in Riverton, Wyoming.

Antolik has painted exterior murals in Rawlins, Lander, Riverton, and Hudson, Wyoming, and Ticaboo, Utah. Banks and museums in Jackson, Cody, Powell, Lander, Sheridan and Riverton, Wyoming, Civilian Marksmanship Program Competition Center-North Air Gun Range, Camp Perry, Port Clintion, Ohio, Civilian Marksmanship Program Competition Center-South Air Gun Range, Anniston, Alabama display his interior murals.

A number of organizations that have published Jerry’s limited edition prints or posters:

 “Yellowstone Ghosts” 2005 Arts for the Parks National Poster

 Water for Wildlife, One Shot Antelope Foundation (multiple commissions)

 Rawlins Mural Project

 Hudson Mural Poster

 Safari Cub International, Collector’s Steins (multiple commissions)

 Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year

 Civilian Marksmanship Program (multiple commissions)

 City of Lander Centennial Print

Corporate offices, museums, and private collections throughout the West include Jerry’s work.

Antolik has illustrated three books.

He was featured in “Six Painters of Wyoming,”  Southwest Art Magazine, September 2000.

The River Bend Fine Art Gallery, Bend Oregon is currently carrying Jerry's Paintings.

Antolik’s paintings have been accepted to juried shows throughout the United States winning many prestigious awards:

 2005 Arts for the Parks Top Mini 100

 2005 Arts for the Parks Top 100 

 2005 Region Three winner

 2006 Arts for the Parks top 100

Jerry was a featured artist in 2007 Heart of the West Invitational Show, Lander, Wyoming.

2009 Wyoming Conservation Stamp Contest 3rd Place

2008 Wyoming Governor's Capitol Art Exhibition 

2008 Ranch of the Canyons Plein Air Show Terrebonne, Oregon

2008 Heart of the West Invitational Show, Lamder, Wyoming

2009 CMP Mural, Civilian Marksmanship Program Competition Center-North Air Gun Range, Camp Perry, Port Clintion, Ohio

2009 Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR, All Gallery Show

2009 Paint America Top 100 Art Show

2010 Jerry Antolik-Retrospective Show, Lander Art Center, Lander WY

2010 C.M. Russell Auction, Great Falls, MT

2010 Mural Panels for Civilian Marksmanship Program in Anniston, AL

2010 River Bend Fine Art Gallery, Bend, OR, All Gallery Show

2010 Wind River Valley National Art Show, Dubois, WY