Kerry Soper - Spring City Thistles

Original oil painting 12 inches by 12 inches

Kerry was raised in Farmington, Utah and spent his high school years in Atlanta, Georgia and Provo, Utah. After graduating from high school, he moved with his family to Spring City, Utah–a sleepy town in the central part of the state that has preserved the atmosphere of a traditional Mormon village. It was here that he discovered his favorite sites and subjects for painting: the fields, trees, and mountains of the arid but cultivated Utah landscape.

After studying art with Osral Allred and Carl Purcell for a year at Snow College, Kerry pursued a B.F.A. at Utah State, working with Adrian Van Sutchlen, Glenn Edwards, and Chris Terry.  In recent years, he has benefitted from the mentorship of another Utah artist, Michael Workman. Kerry’s work has also been influenced by the paintings of Brad Aldridge, Gary Earnest Smith, Doug Fryer, Donald Jurney, Corot, George Inness, Winslow Homer, Maynard Dixon, and Richard Schmid.

Kerry’s studio space is in Orem; he is a professor in the Humanities and American Studies programs at Brigham Young University.