Exeter Public Library NH

DON JALBERT

American Impressionist Artist

Don Jalbert is an award winning artist and writer and has been painting for over 50 years.  Influenced primarily by the French and American Impressionists, Don tries to capture the unique aspects of light during different times of the day.  His primary subjects are the farms, landscapes and seacoast of New England and the resident wildlife of the region.  Don has studied art at Springfield College, Salem State College, and Mass College of Art and has a degree in Business Administration from Eastern Nazarene College.  He was an apprentice to Impressionist artist John C. Terelak for many years.  Don's greatest influence from American Impressionism is Frank W. Benson, but his list of favorite artists is very long including Van Ruisdael, Monet, Pissarro, Hassam, Homer, Caravaggio among many others.  He has created a line of Christmas cards he sells at local craft fairs and sells note cards and prints of his paintings. 

 

Don lives and works in NH with his wife of over 40 years, and his three dogs.  His resume includes teaching Web Development, Microsoft Computer Applications and Art at the high school level.  He has taught art to homeschooled children and offers workshops in watercolor painting,  among many other crafts at Camp Maranatha, a Christian camp in New Durham, NH.  He served for over 20 years as a football coach, and coached field hockey for over 10 years.  He is an avid reader, writer and bird watcher.  He also loves music, military history, archaeology, metal detecting and scale modeling.

Don recognizes all that GOD has done in his life and is grateful for the saving sacrifice of HIS son JESUS CHRIST on the cross.  He contributes regularly to the Memory Project, a mission organization that serves orphans around the world by creating portraits of orphans that they can keep as mementos of their youth.

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This information came from his website: www.donjalbert.com