ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I paint, draw, and write because I believe:
(1) Representative art reveals things about the artist, the subject, and the viewer that
photography, for example, cannot.
(2) Art ducks around the Corner of Logic to tell stories, suggest solutions, sooth or agitate
souls, and delight in most unexpected ways.
(3) If purpose there is, then mine is found with pencil in hand.
Artist’s CV:
Jerald Pope
I am an author and visual artist. I have written, designed, directed, and acted in my own and other theatre companies for 40 years. I illustrate my own books. My life is dedicated to the idea that art strengthens community, celebrates the ineffable, and brings beauty, humor, and understanding to a troubled world.
____BOOKS____
Baby Velociraptor, children’s book parody, 2019
Owl Girl, wordless novel, 2018.
The Early Oklahoma Coloring Book, history, 2016.
The Beacon Blanket Coloring Book, history, 2016.
Fetch, wordless novel, 2015.
The Elvis Tooth, historical science fiction comic novel, 2014.
Bouffant Flint and the Momentary Universe, graphic novel, 2012.
Hold on a Second! comic book parody, 2012.
An Early Appalachian Coloring Book, history, 2012.
The Minute Elf, picture book, 2012.
Step Back in Time: A Walking Tour of Black Mountain, 2009.
Madeleine Claire and the Dinosaur, picture book, 2006.
____PERIODICALS____
To the Point, CPSA magazine, article, Fall, 2021
Murze Magazine, art, August 2019
Colored Pencil Magazine, feature article, April, 2019
Kakalak, poetry, 2015.
Mountain Xpress, cartoons and articles, 2000-2006.
Business Ethics Magazine, article, 1994.
City Magazine, columnist, 1994.
Ghent Magazine, columnist, 1993-1994.
Journeyman, article, 1993.
Virginian-Pilot, theater reviews, 1990-1992.
Portfolio, columnist, 1989-1991.
Nimrod, International Journal of Creative Writing, cover art, 1969.
____PLAYWRIGHTING____
produced work
Harlequin, Homeless, 1998.
Time’s the Charm, Norfolk, VA, 1989.
The 1966 Cavalcade of Stars, Tulsa, OK, 1985.
Frankenstein, Tulsa, OK, 1980.
The Ballad of Bad Bob’s Demise, Oklahoma, 1975-1977.
We the People, (with Bob Odle) Oklahoma, 1976.
Oh, Tulsa!, (with Bob Odle) Tulsa, OK, 1976.
The Innocent Heiress, (with Bob Odle) Tulsa, OK, 1974.
_____PERFORMANCE, DIRECTING____
Greed, a puppet show in support of Occupy Wall Street, Asheville, NC, 2012.
Red Herring Puppets, puppetry, 2004-2006.
Way Back When, community-based art, Black Mountain, NC, 2001- 2007.
In Tall Cotton, community-based art, Idabel, OK, 2000-2002.
Cross-Ties, community-based art, Blountstown, FL, 1996-2001.
A Tempestade, Waterfront International Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA, 1997.
Camino Real, Tennessee Williams, Lisbon, Portugal, 1996.
American Theater Company, founding artistic director, directed over forty plays, including the
Joyce Martel series, Eddy & the Ecclectics and Oh Tulsa!, Tulsa, OK,1974- 82.
Living Arts Theater, Co-founder, artistic director, Tulsa, OK, 1970-1974.
____EDUCATION___
B.F.A.in Painting, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1970.
M.A. in Humanities, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1993.
____MEMBERSHIPS____
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Colored Pencil Society of America
____AWARDS____
Front Street Books, best children’s book for Fetch, 2021
NC Folklife Documentary Institute, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, 2007.
American College Theater Festival, National Critics Award, 1991.
National Critics Institute Fellowship, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, 1991.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Visiting Scholar, 1988.
NCCJ Brotherhood Award for O, Tulsa!, 1976.
5 blue ribbons, Art, Washington County Fair, 1961.