Jerry Vallez
Artwork Collection
Well known & well respected as one of the best Naples Florida Artists, Jerry Vallez, a signature member of the International Society of Marine Painters, was 4 years old when his family moved to Paris. His artist mother started him off on his painting career with at age 7.
In 1963, Jerry entered his first competitive show, The Chicago Arts Festival at McCormick Place where he was one of 53 artists accepted out of over 800 entries. Jerry and his wife, Rabah, finally settled in Naples in 1971.
In 1986, he won 1st place in an International Marine Art competition held in New York at Madison Square Gardens, the title of the painting for this prestigious aware is “Gale Force”.
Jerry died on September 15, 2012 from the effects of a stroke one month earlier.
These oil paintings are on display in ESHP’s office in City Hall.
