Cary Jurriaans

Cary was born and raised in the Netherlands and grew up among some of the most beautiful art in the world. She studied marketing and public relations.
Her languages are Dutch, English, German and French.
Cary has shown an abundance of creative energy throughout her life. She was the owner of Terra Design decorative arts and murals which started in 1995. The business sold in 2000. Formal art training : Seattle Academy of Fine art, now Gage Academy. the Florence Academy of Art . Cary also studied with numerous wellknown instructors in the US and Europe and with the instructors that come to her workshop school in Langley, WA.
Cary comes from a family of painters; her aunt was the Parisian painter Mena Loopuyt (1902-1991). The portrait painter Johan Joeke van Wigheren was an uncle on her fathers side.
Cary’s work has been exhibited in numerous juried shows among others Oil Painters of America and the Poncho Invitational in Seattle. Her work is in private collections in the US and Europe.
In 2005 Cary started the Fall City Fine Art Studio. It was relocated from Fall City to Langley on Whidbey Island and renamed Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio (WIFAS). It has now been in business for 10 years and has built a great reputat...

Art Education: Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA ; Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy.
Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio, Langley, WA
Scottsdale Artist School, AZ
and other workshop venues.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
COLE GALLERY, EDMONDS
PUGET SOUND GROUP OF NW PAINTERS GALLERY, SEATTLE
BRACKENWOOD GALLERY, LANGLEY, WA
WHIDBEY ISLAND FAS, STUDIO, LANGLEY, WA