Jerome Katz began his interest in art as a teenager with an Argoflex camera, shooting street scenes and people. He continued his studies in art at Brooklyn College.

      Turned on by frequent visits to the Metropolitan Museum, as well as many of the other art collections in New York City, he began attending the Art Students League in Manhatten. He studied mainly with Harvey Dinnerstein and David Leffel. He spent many happy years at the League both as a student and as an assistant to his instructors, winning many juried shows along the way.

     He currently lives in Tucson Arizona with his wife, and has been offering oil painting courses through Pima Community College, sharing his love of art and knowledge of painting with others.

     “If I’m successful, my painting has a life of its own, with a poetry others can understand.”