Jeremy Harper

California plein air artist Jeremy Harper was born on November 26, 1969. He was raised a stones throw from the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara California. Drawing and painting have been his main passions since early childhood.

He attended local schools in Santa Barbara and later decided to further his education in art at The San Francisco Art Institute. During his summers abroad in China and Europe he spent his time studying art from nearly every corner of the earth. He majored in painting and worked on large abstract work stemming from the figure. Jeremy graduated from SFAI in 1994 and remained in San Francisco for two more years teaching art at the New Traditions elementary school.

In more recent years, Jeremy has been putting his energy into the local landscape painting scene in Santa Barbara. He has been part of many exciting group and one man shows around Montecito and Santa Barbara county. Jeremy is a member of the Santa Barbara Art Association and The SCAPE art group. In April '09 Santa Barbara's illustrious OAK GROUP invited Jeremy to join their group as a permanent member.